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R E S E A R C H

Open Access

Monotone variational inequalities,

generalized equilibrium problems and fixed

point methods

Shenghua Wang

* *Correspondence:

[email protected]

School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071003, China

Abstract

In this paper, we study monotone variational inequalities and generalized equilibrium problems. Weak convergence theorems are established based on a fixed point method in the framework of Hilbert spaces.

Keywords: fixed point; generalized equilibrium problem; monotone operator; nonexpansive mapping

1 Introduction and preliminaries

It is well known that many nonlinear problems can be reduced to the search for solutions of monotone variational inequalities. Fixed point methods are often used for finding and approximating such solutions. In this paper, we always assume thatH is a real Hilbert space with the inner product·,·and the norm · . LetCbe a nonempty closed and convex subset ofH. LetS:CCbe a mapping. In this paper, we useF(S) to stand for the set of fixed points. Recall thatSis said to be nonexpansive iffSxSyxy,∀x,yC.

Sis said to beκ-strictly pseudocontractive iff there exists a constantκ∈[, ) such that

SxSy≤ xy+κxySx+Sy, ∀x,yC.

The class of strict pseudocontractions was introduced by Browder and Petryshyn []. It is clear that the class ofκ-strict pseudocontractions includes the class of nonexpansive mappings as a special case.

LetA:CHbe a mapping. Recall thatAis said to be monotone iffAx–Ay,xy ≥,

∀x,yC.Ais said to beα-inverse strongly monotone iff there exists a constantα>  such that

Ax–Ay,xy ≥αAx–Ay, ∀x,yC.

It is clear thatα-inverse strongly monotone is monotone and Lipschitz continuous. Recall that the classical variational inequality, denoted byVI(C,A), is to findxCsuch that

Ax,yx ≥, ∀y∈C. (.)

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One can see that variational inequality (.) is equivalent to a fixed point problem. The elementxCis a solution of variational inequality (.) iffxCsatisfies the fixed point equationx=ProjC(xλAx), whereλ>  is a constant. This alternative equivalent for-mulation plays a significant role in the studies of variational inequalities and related opti-mization problems. IfAisα-inverse-strongly monotone andλ∈(, α], then the mapping

ProjC(IλA) is nonexpansive; see [] and the references therein.

A set-valued mappingT :H→H is said to be monotone if, for allx,yH, f Tx andgTyimplyx–y,fg> . A monotone mappingT:H→H is maximal if the graphG(T) ofTis not properly contained in the graph of any other monotone mapping. It is known that a monotone mappingT is maximal if and only if, for any (x,f)∈H×H,

x–y,fg ≥ for all (y,g)∈G(T) impliesfTx. The class of monotone operators is one of the most important classes of operators. Within the past several decades, many authors have been devoted to the studies on the existence and convergence of different schemes for zero points for maximal monotone operators; see [–] and the references therein.

LetRdenote the set of real numbers, and letFbe a bifunction ofC×CintoR. Recall that the following generalized equilibrium problem is to find anxsuch that

F(x,y) +Ax,yx ≥, ∀y∈C. (.)

In this paper, the solution set of the equilibrium problem is denoted byGEP(F,A),i.e.,

GEP(F,A) =xC:F(x,y) +Ax,yx ≥,∀yC.

To study equilibrium problem (.), we may assume thatFsatisfies the following condi-tions:

(A) F(x,x) = for allxC;

(A) Fis monotone,i.e.,F(x,y) +F(y,x)≤for allx,yC; (A) for eachx,y,zC,

lim t↓F

tz+ ( –t)x,yF(x,y);

(A) for eachxC,yF(x,y)is convex and lower semi-continuous.

IfF≡, the generalized equilibrium problem is reduced to variational inequality (.). If A≡, the generalized equilibrium problem is reduced to the following equilibrium problem: find anxsuch that

F(x,y)≥, ∀yC. (.)

In this paper, the solution set of the equilibrium problem is denoted byEP(F),i.e.,

EP(F) =xC:F(x,y)≥,∀y∈C.

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variational inequality problems, inclusion problems, saddle point problems, complemen-tarity problem, minimization problem, and Nash equilibrium problem. Equilibrium prob-lem has emerged as an effective and powerful tool for studying a wide class of probprob-lems which arise in economics, finance, image reconstruction, ecology, transportation, net-work, elasticity, and optimization. Recently, many authors studied the numerical solution of equilibriums (.) and (.) based on iterative methods. Convergence theorems are es-tablished in a different framework of spaces; see [–] and the references therein.

In this paper, an iterative algorithm is investigated for monotone variational inequalities and generalized equilibrium problems. Weak convergence of the algorithm is obtained in the framework of Hilbert spaces.

Recall that a space is said to satisfy Opial’s condition [] if, for any sequence{xn} ⊂H withxnx, wheredenotes the weak convergence, the inequality

lim inf

n→∞ xnx<lim infn→∞ xny

holds for everyyHwithy=x. Indeed, the above inequality is equivalent to the following:

lim sup

n→∞ xnx<lim supn→∞ xny.

Recall that a function is lower semi-continuous at some pointxiflim infxxf(x)≥f(x). It is known that the norm is lower semi-continuous. In order to prove our main results, we also need the following lemmas.

Lemma .[, ] Let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of H,and let F:C×C→R be a bifunction satisfying(A)-(A).Then,for any r> and xH,there exists zC such that

F(z,y) +

ry–z,zx ≥, ∀y∈C.

Further,define

Trx=

zC:F(z,y) +

ry–z,zx ≥,∀y∈C

for all r> and xH.Then the following hold:

(a) Tris single-valued;

(b) Tris firmly nonexpansive,i.e.,for anyx,yH,

TrxTry≤ TrxTry,xy;

(c) F(Tr) =EP(F);

(d) EP(F)is closed and convex.

Lemma .[] Let A be a monotone mapping of C into H and NCv be the normal cone to

C at vC,i.e.,

NCv=

wH:v–u,w ≥,∀u∈C

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Tv=

⎧ ⎨ ⎩

Av+NCv, vC,

∅, v∈/C.

Then T is maximal monotone and∈Tv if and only ifAv,uv ≥for all uC.

Lemma .[] Let{an},{bn},and{cn}be three nonnegative sequences satisfying the

fol-lowing condition:

an+≤( +bn)an+cn, ∀nn,

where n is some nonnegative integer, ∞n=bn<∞ and

n=cn<∞. Then the limit limn→∞anexists.

Lemma .[] Let{an}∞n=be real numbers in[, ]such that

n=an= .Then we have

the following:

i= aixi

i=

aixi,

for any given bounded sequence{xn}∞n=in H.

2 Main results

Theorem . Let C be a nonempty closed and convex subset of H,and let A:CH be an L-Lipschitz continuous and monotone mapping.Let Fm be a bifunction from C×

C toRwhich satisfies(A)-(A),and let Bm:CC be aκm-inverse strongly monotone

mapping for each m≥.Assume thatF:=∞m=GEP(Fm,Bm)∩VI(C,A)is not empty.Let

{αn},{δn,m}be real number sequences in[, ].Let{λn}and{rn,m}be positive real number

sequences.Let{xn}be a sequence generated in the following manner:

⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩

xC,

zn,mC such that Fm(zn,m,z) +Bmxn,zzn,m+rn,m z–zn,m,zn,mxn ≥,

yn=ProjC(

m=δn,mzn,mλnA

m=δn,mzn,m),

xn+=αnxn+ ( –αn)ProjC(

m=δn,mzn,mλnAyn), n≥.

Assume that{αn},{δn,m},{λn},and{rn,m}satisfy the following restrictions:

(a) ≤αna< ;

(b) ∞m=δn,m= ,and <δδn,m≤;

(c) lim infn→∞rn,m> ,andλλnλ,whereλ,λ∈(, /L).

Then the sequence{xn}weakly converges to some pointx¯∈F.

Proof We first show that the sequence{xn}is bounded. Setun=ProjC(vnλnAyn), where

vn=

m=δn,mzn,m. LettingpF, we see that

unp≤ vnp–vnun+ λnAyn,pun

=vnp–vnun+ λn

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+Ayn,ynun

≤ vnp–vnyn–ynun+ vnλnAynyn,unyn.

SinceAisL-Lipschitz continuous andyn=ProjC(vnλnAvn), we find that

vnλnAynyn,unyn

=vnλnAvnyn,unyn+λnAvnλnAyn,unyn

λnLvnynunyn.

It follows that

unp≤ vnp–vnyn–ynun+ λnLvnynunyn

≤ vnp+

λnL– vnyn. (.)

On the other hand, we obtain from the restriction (c) that

vnp≤ ∞

m=

δn,mzn,mp

m=

δn,mTrn,m(Irn,mBm)xnp

≤ xnp. (.)

Substituting (.) into (.), we obtain thatunp≤ xnp+ (λnL– )vnyn. This in turn implies from the restriction (c) that

xn+–p≤αnxnp+ ( –αn)unp

αnxnp+ ( –αn)

xnp+

λnL– vnyn

xnp+ ( –αn)

λnL– vnyn

≤ xnp. (.)

It follows from Lemma . that limn→∞xnp exists. This in turn shows that{xn}is bounded. From (.), we also have that

( –αn)

 –λnLvnyn≤ xnp–xn+–p.

This implies from the restrictions (a) and (c) that

lim

n→∞vnyn= . (.)

SinceynunλLvnyn, we find from (.)limn→∞ynun= . Hence, we have

lim

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Notice that

zn,mp=Trn,m(Irn,mBm)xnTrn,m(Irn,mBm)p

≤(Irn,mBm)xn– (Irn,mBm)p,zn,mp

=

(Irn,mBm)xn– (Irn,mBm)p

+zn,mp

–(Irn,mBm)xn– (Irn,mBm)p– (zn,mp)

≤ 

xnp+zn,mp–(xnzn,m) –rn,m(BmxnBmp)

= 

xnp+zn,mp–xnzn,m

+ rn,mxnzn,m,BmxnBmprn,mBmxnBmp

.

This implies that

zn,mp≤ xnp–xnzn,m+ rn,mxnzn,mBmxnBmp.

It follows from Lemma . that

vnp≤ ∞

m=

δn,mzn,mp

m= δn,m

xnp–zn,mxn+ rn,mxnzn,mBmxnBmp

=xnp– ∞

m=

δn,mzn,mxn+  ∞

m=

rn,mxnzn,mBmxnBmp.

By use of (.), we find that

xn+–p≤αnxnp+ ( –αn)unp

αnxnp+ ( –αn)vnp

≤ xnp– ( –αn) ∞

m=

δn,mzn,mxn

+ ( –αn) ∞

m=

rn,mxnzn,mBmxnBmp.

This implies that

( –αn) ∞

m=

δn,mzn,mxn≤ xnp–xn+–p

+ ( –αn) ∞

m=

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SinceTrn,mis firmly nonexpansive, we find from the convexity of·thatlimn→∞Bmxn

Bmp= . It follows that

lim

n→∞zn,mxn= .

Since{xn}is bounded, we may assume that a subsequence{xni}of{xn}converges weakly toξ. It follows that{zni,m}converges weakly toξ for eachm≥. Next, we show thatξ

GEP(Fm,Bm). Sincezn,m=Trn,m(Irn,mBm)xn, we have

Fm(zn,m,z) +Bmxn,zzn,m+ 

rn,m

z–zn,m,zn,mxn ≥, ∀z∈C.

From assumption (A), we see that

Bmxn,zzn,m+ 

rn,m

zzn,m,zn,mxnFm(z,zn,m), ∀zC.

Replacingnbyni, we arrive at

Bmxnj,zznj,m+

zzni,m,

zni,mxni

rni,m

Fm(z,zni,m), ∀zC.

Fortmwith  <tm≤ andρmC, letρm=tmρ+ ( –tm)ξ. SinceρCandξC, we have

ρmC. It follows that

ρmzni,m,Bmρmρmzni,m,BmρmBmxni,ρmzni,m

ρmzni,m,

zni,mxni

rni,m

+Fm(ρm,zni,m)

=ρmzni,m,BmρmBmzni,m+ρmzni,m,Bmzni,mBmxni

ρmzni,m,

zni,mxni

rni,m

+Fm(ρm,zni,m). (.)

It follows from (A) and (.) that

ρmξ,BmρmFm(ρm,ξ) asi→ ∞.

From (A) and (A), we see

 =Fm(ρm,ρm)≤tmFm(ρm,ρ) + ( –tm)Fm(ρm,ξ)

tmFm(ρm,ρ) + ( –tm)ρmξ,Bmρm

=tmFm(ρm,ρ) + ( –tm)tmρξ,Bmρm,

which yields that

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Lettingt→ in the above inequality, we arrive at

Fm(ξ,ρ) +ρξ,Bmξ ≥.

This completes the proof thatξ∈∞m=GEP(Fm,Bm). Next, we show thatξVI(C,A). In fact, letTbe the maximal monotone mapping defined by

Tx=

⎧ ⎨ ⎩

Ax+NCx, xC,

∅, x∈/C.

For any given (x,y)∈G(T), we haveyAxNCx. So, we havexm,yAx ≥ for all

mC. On the other hand, we haveun=ProjC(vnλnAyn). We obtain thatvnλnAyn

un,unx ≥ and hencexun,unλnvn +Ayn ≥. In view of the monotonicity ofA, we see that

xuni,yxuni,Ax

xuni,Ax

xuni,

univni

λni

+Ayni

=x–uni,AxAuni+x–uni,AuniAyni

xuni,

univni

λni

≥ x–uni,AuniAyni

xuni,

univni

λni

. (.)

On the other hand, we see thatvnxn

m=δn,mzn,mxn. It follows that

lim

n→∞vnxn= . (.)

Notice that

unxnunvn+vnxn.

Combining (.) with (.), one finds

lim

n→∞unxn= .

This in turn implies thatuni ξ. It follows thatx–ξ,y ≥. Notice thatT is maximal monotone and hence ∈. This shows from Lemma . thatξVI(C,A). This com-pletes the proof thatξF.

Finally, we show that the whole sequence{xn}weakly converges toξ. Let{xnj}be another subsequence of{xn}converging weakly toξ, whereξ=ξ. In the same way, we can show thatξF. Since the spaceHenjoys Opial’s condition [], we, therefore, obtain that

d=lim inf

i→∞ xniξ<lim infi→∞

xniξ

=lim inf j→∞ xjξ

<lim inf

j→∞ xjξ=d.

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IfBm≡, we have the following result on equilibrium problem (.).

Corollary . Let C be a nonempty closed and convex subset of H,and let A:CH be an L-Lipschitz continuous and monotone mapping.Let Fm be a bifunction from C×C to

Rwhich satisfies(A)-(A)for each m≥.Assume thatF:=∞m=EP(Fm)∩VI(C,A)is

not empty.Let{αn},{δn,m}be real number sequences in[, ].Let{λn}and{rn,m}be positive

real number sequences.Let{xn}be a sequence generated in the following manner:

⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩

xC,

zn,mC such that Fm(zn,m,z) +rn,mzzn,m,zn,mxn ≥,

yn=ProjC(

m=δn,mzn,mλnA

m=δn,mzn,m),

xn+=αnxn+ ( –αn)ProjC(

m=δn,mzn,mλnAyn), n≥.

Assume that{αn},{δn,m},{λn},and{rn,m}satisfy the following restrictions:

(a)  <aαnb< ;

(b) ∞m=δn,m= ,and <cδn,m≤;

(c) lim infn→∞rn,m> ,anddλne,whered,e∈(, /L).

Then the sequence{xn}weakly converges to some pointx¯∈F.

Corollary . Let C be a nonempty closed and convex subset of H,and let A:HH be an L-Lipschitz continuous and monotone mapping.Assume that A–()is not empty.Let {αn}be a real number sequence in[, ],and let{λn}be a positive real number sequence.

Let{xn}be a sequence generated in the following manner:

xC, xn+=αnxn+ ( –αn)

xnλnA(xnλnAxn)

, n≥.

Assume that{αn}and{λn}satisfy the following restrictions:

(a)  <aαnb< ;

(b) cλnd,wherec,d∈(, /L).

Then the sequence{xn}weakly converges to some pointx¯∈A–().

Proof PutFm(x,y)≡ for allx,yC, andrn,m≡. Notice thatA–() =VI(H,A), and

PH=I, we easily find from Corollary . the desired conclusion.

LettingFm= ,Bm= , andrn,m=  in , we have the extragradient-type algorithm (see Table ).

Corollary . Let C be a nonempty closed and convex subset of H,and let A:CH be an L-Lipschitz continuous and monotone mapping.Assume that VI(C,A)is not empty.

Table 1 The framework of the EA

EA: Extragradient-type algorithm (for variational inequality (1.1))

Step 0: Choosex1∈C,λ1∈[λ,λ],α1∈[0, 1). Setn:= 1.

Step 1: GivenxnC. Chooseλn∈[λ,λ],αn∈[0, 1) and computexn+1∈Cas

yn= ProjC(xnλnAxn),

xn+1=αnxn+ (1 –αn) ProjC(xnλnAyn).

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Table 2 The framework of the MA

MA: Mann-type algorithm (for equilibrium problem (1.3))

Step 0: Choosex1∈C,r1∈(0, +∞),α1∈[0, 1). Setn:= 1.

Step 1: GivenxnC. Choosern∈(0, +∞),αn∈[0, 1) and computexn+1∈Cas

F(zn,z) +rn1zzn,znxn ≥0,

xn+1=αnxn+ (1 –αn)zn.

Updaten:=n+ 1 and go to Step 1.

Let{αn}be a real number sequence in[, ].Let{λn}and{rn,m}be positive real number

sequences.Let{xn}be a sequence generated in the following manner:

⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩

xC,

yn=ProjC(xnλnAxn),

xn+=αnxn+ ( –αn)ProjC(xnλnAyn), n≥.

Assume that{αn}and{λn}satisfy the following restrictions:

(a) ≤αna< ;

(b) λλnλ,whereλ,λ∈(, /L).

Then the sequence{xn}weakly converges to some pointx¯∈VI(C,A).

LettingFm=F,Bm=BandA=  in , we have the Mann-type algorithm (see Table ).

Corollary . Let C be a nonempty closed and convex subset of H.Let F be a bifunction from C×C toRwhich satisfies(A)-(A)such that EP(F)is not empty.Let{αn}be a real

number sequence in[, ].Let{rn}be a positive real number sequence.Let{xn}be a sequence

generated in the following manner:

⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩

xC,

znC such that F(zn,z) +rnz–zn,znxn ≥,

xn+=αnxn+ ( –αn)zn, n≥.

Assume that{αn}and{rn}satisfy the following restrictions:

(a)  <aαna< ;

(b) lim infn→∞rn> .

Then the sequence{xn}weakly converges to some pointx¯∈EP(F).

3 Conclusion

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Competing interests

The author declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

The author thanks the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2014ZD44). The author is very grateful to the editor and anonymous reviewers for their suggestions which improved the contents of the article.

Received: 3 September 2014 Accepted: 11 November 2014 Published:01 Dec 2014

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Table 1 The framework of the EA
Table 2 The framework of the MA

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