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Article

Applications in Integral Equations through Common Results in C*-Algebra-Valued Sb-Metric Spaces

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Faculty of Mathematics, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran 16315-1618, Iran
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Institute of Research and Development of Processes of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Axioms 2023, 12(5), 413; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms12050413
Submission received: 16 February 2023 / Revised: 2 April 2023 / Accepted: 20 April 2023 / Published: 24 April 2023

Abstract

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We study some common results in C*-algebra-valued S b -metric spaces. We also present an interesting application of an existing and unique result for one type of integral equation.

1. Introduction

A metric space is suitable for those interested in analysis, mathematical physics, or applied sciences. Thus, various extensions of metric spaces have been studied, and several results related to the existence of fixed points were obtained (see [1,2,3]).
In 2014, Ma et al. introduced C*-algebra-valued metric spaces [4], and in 2015, they introduced the concept of C*-algebra-valued b-metric spaces and studied some results in this space [5]. In addition, Razavi and Masiha investigated some common principles in C*-algebra-valued b-metric spaces [6].
Recently, Sedghi et al. defined the concept of an S-metric space [7]. Additionally, Ege and Alaca introduced the concept of C*-algebra-valued S-metric spaces [8].
Inspired by the work of Souayah and Mlaiki in [9], we introduced the C*-algebra-valued S b -metric space in [10]. In this paper, we study some common fixed-point principles in this space. We also investigate the existence and uniqueness of the result for one type of integral equation.

2. Preliminaries

This section provides a short introduction to some realities about the theory of C* algebras [11]. First, suppose that A is a unital C* algebra with the unit 1 A . Set A h = { t A : t = t * } . The element t A is said to be positive, and we write t 0 A if and only if t = t * and σ ( t ) [ 0 , ) , in which 0 A in A is the zero element and the spectrum of t is σ ( t ) .
On A h , we can find a natural partial ordering given by u v if and only if v u 0 A . We denote with A + and A the sets of { t A : t 0 A } and { t A : t k = k t , k A } , respectively.
In 2015, Ma et al. [5] introduced the notion of C*-algebra-valued b-metric spaces as follows:
Definition 1.
Let X be a nonempty set and A be a C* algebra. Suppose that k A such that | | k | | 1 . A function δ b : X × X A is called a C*-algebra-valued b metric on X if for all u , v , t A , the following apply:
(1) 
δ b ( u , v ) 0 A for every u and v in X , and δ b ( u , v ) = 0 if and only if u = v ;
(2) 
δ b ( u , v ) = δ b ( v , u ) ;
(3) 
δ b ( u , v ) k [ δ b ( u , t ) + δ b ( t , v ) ] .
Therefore, ( X , A , δ b ) is a C*-algebra-valued b-metric space (in short, a C*-AV-BM space) with a coefficient k.
In 2015, Kalaivani et al. [12] presented the notion of a C*-algebra-valued S-metric space:
Definition 2.
Assume that X is a nonempty set and A is a C* algebra. A function σ : X × X × X A is called a C*-algebra-valued S metric on X if for all u , v , t , a X , the following apply:
(1) 
σ ( u , v , t ) 0 A ;
(2) 
σ ( u , v , t ) = 0 if and only if u = v = t ;
(3) 
σ ( u , v , t ) σ ( u , u , a ) + σ ( v , v , a ) + σ ( t , t , a ) .
Then, ( X , A , σ ) is a C*-algebra-valued S-metric space (in short, a C*-AV-SM space).
In fact, in 2016, Souayah et al. [9] presented the notion of an S b -metric space:
Definition 3.
Assume that X is a nonempty set and s 1 is a given number. A function γ b : X × X × X [ 0 , ) is an S b metric on X if for every u , v , t , a X , the following apply:
(1) 
γ b ( u , v , t ) = 0 if and only if u = v = t ;
(2) 
γ b ( u , v , t ) s [ γ b ( u , u , a ) + γ b ( v , v , a ) + γ b ( t , t , a ) ] .
Then, ( X , γ b ) is called an S b -metric space (in short, an S b M space) with a coefficient s.
Definition 4.
An S b -metric γ b is called symmetric if
γ b ( u , u , v ) = γ b ( v , v , u ) , u , v X .
Razavi and Masiha [10] introduced the notion of a C*-algebra-valued S b -metric space as follows:
Definition 5.
Assume that X is a nonempty set and k A such that | | k | | 1 . A function σ b : X × X × X A is called a C*-algebra-valued S b metric on X if for every u , v , t , a X , the following apply:
(1) 
σ b ( u , v , t ) 0 A ;
(2) 
σ b ( u , v , t ) = 0 if and only if u = v = t ;
(3) 
σ b ( u , v , t ) k [ σ b ( u , u , a ) + σ b ( v , v , a ) + σ b ( t , t , a ) ] .
Then, ( X , A , σ b ) is called a C*-algebra-valued S b -metric space (in short, a C*-AV- S b M space) with a coefficient k.
Definition 6.
A C*-AV- S b M σ b is symmetric if
σ b ( u , u , v ) = σ b ( v , v , u ) , u , v X .
Under the above definitions, we give an example in a C*-AV- S b M space:
Example 1.
Let X = R and A = M 2 ( R ) be all 2 × 2 matrices with the usual operations of addition, scalar multiplication, and matrix multiplication. It is clear that
| | A | | = ( i , j = 1 2 | a i j | 2 ) 1 2
defines a norm on A , where A = ( a i j ) A . : A A defines an involution on A and where A * = A . Then, A is a C * algebra. For A = ( a i j ) and B = ( b i j ) in A , a partial order on A can be given as follows:
A B ( a i j b i j ) 0 i , j = 1 , 2
Let ( X , d ) be a b-metric space where, | | k | | 1 and σ b : X × X × X M 2 ( R ) , fulfilling
σ b ( u , v , t ) = d ( u , v ) + d ( v , t ) + d ( u , t ) 0 0 d ( u , v ) + d ( v , t ) + d ( u , t )
Then, this is a C*-AV- S b M space. Now, we check condition (3) of Definition 5:
σ b ( u , v , t ) = d ( u , v ) + d ( v , t ) + d ( u , t ) 0 0 d ( u , v ) + d ( v , t ) + d ( u , t ) k 2 d ( u , a ) 0 0 2 d ( u , a ) + k 2 d ( v , a ) 0 0 2 d ( v , a ) + k 2 d ( t , a ) 0 0 2 d ( t , a ) = k [ 2 d ( u , a ) 0 0 d ( u , a ) + 2 d ( v , a ) 0 0 d ( v , a ) + 2 d ( t , a ) 0 0 d ( t , a ) ] = k [ σ b ( u , u , a ) + σ b ( v , v , a ) + σ b ( t , t , a ) ]
Thus, for all u , v , t , a X , ( X , A , σ b ) is a C*-AV- S b M space.

3. Definitions and Basic Properties

We define some concepts in a C*-AV- S b M space and present some lemmas which will be needed in the follow-up:
Definition 7.
Let ( X , A , σ b ) be a C*-AV- S b M space and { u n } be a sequence in X :
(1) 
If | | σ b ( u n , u n , u ) | | 0 , where n , then { u n } converges to u, and we present it with lim n u n = u .
(2) 
If for all p N , | | σ b ( u n + p , u n + p , u n ) | | 0 , where n , then { u n } is a Cauchy sequence in X .
(3) 
If every Cauchy sequence is convergent in X , then ( X , A , σ b ) is a complete C*-AV- S b M space.
Definition 8.
Suppose that ( X , A , σ b ) and ( X 1 , A 1 , σ b 1 ) are C*-AV- S b M spaces, and let f : ( X , A , σ b ) ( X 1 , A 1 , σ b 1 ) be a function. Then, f is continuous at a point u X if, for every sequence, { u n } in X , σ b ( u n , u n , u ) 0 A , ( n ) implies σ b 1 ( f ( u n ) , f ( u n ) , f ( u ) ) 0 A , where n . A function f is continuous at X if and only if it is continuous at all u X .
The next lemmas will be used tacitly in the follow-up:
Lemma 1
([13]). Suppose that A is a unital C* algebra with a unit 1 A :
(1) 
If { u n } n = 1 A and lim n u n = 0 A , then for any u A , lim n u * u n u = 0 A .
(2) 
If u , v A h and t A + , then u v yields t u t v , in which A + = A + A .
(3) 
If u A + with | | u | | < 1 2 , then 1 A u is invertible, and | | u ( 1 A u ) 1 | | < 1 .
(4) 
If u , v A + such that u v = v u , then u v 0 A .
Lemma 2.
Let ( X , A , σ b ) be a symmetric C*-AV- S b M space and { u n } be a sequence in X . If { u n } converges to u and v, then u = v .
Proof. 
Let lim n u n = u and lim n u n = v . Under condition (3) of Definitions 5 and 6, we have
σ b ( u , u , v ) k [ σ b ( u , u , u n ) + σ b ( u , u , u n ) , σ b ( v , v , u n ) ] = k [ σ b ( u n , u n , u ) + σ b ( u n , u n , u ) + σ b ( u n , u n , v ) ] = 2 k σ b ( u n , u n , u ) + k σ b ( u n , u n , v ) 0 A , ( n ) .
as | | σ b ( u , u , v ) | | = 0 if and only if u = v . □
Due to the following definition, we extend the concept of compatible mappings of Jungck [14] to C*-algebra-valued metric spaces:
Definition 9.
Let ( X , A , σ b ) be a C*-AV- S b M space. A pair { ψ , φ } is called compatible if and only if σ b ( ψ φ u n , ψ φ u n , φ ψ u n ) 0 A whenever { u n } is a sequence in X such that lim n ψ u n = lim n φ u n = u for some u X .
Definition 10.
A point u X is a coincidence point of ψ and φ if and only if ψ u = φ u . Herein, t = ψ u = φ u is a point of coincidence of ψ and φ. If ψ and φ commute at all of their coincidence points, then they are weakly compatible, but the converse is not true.
If mappings T and S are compatible, then they are weakly compatible in metric spaces. Provided that the converse is not true [15], the same holds for the C*-algebra-valued S b -metric spaces:
Theorem 1.
If mappings ψ and φ on the C*-AV- S b M space ( X , A , σ b ) are compatible, then they are weakly compatible.
Proof. 
Let ψ u = φ u for some u X . It suffices to present that ψ φ u = φ ψ u . By setting u n u for all n N , then lim n ψ u n = lim n φ u n . Since ψ and φ are compatible, we achieve lim n σ b ( ψ φ u n , ψ φ u n , φ ψ u n ) 0 A as n ; that is, | | σ b ( ψ φ u n , ψ φ u n , φ ψ u n ) | | 0 , where n . Hence, σ b ( ψ φ u n , ψ φ u n , φ ψ u n ) = 0 A , which means ψ φ u = φ ψ u . □
The subsequent lemma can be seen in [15]:
Lemma 3
([15]). Let ψ and φ be weakly compatible mappings of a set X . If ψ and φ have a unique point of coincidence, then it is the unique common fixed point (FP) of ψ and φ.

4. Main Results

Here, we present an extension of the common principles for the mappings which applies to variant contractive conditions in complete symmetric C*-valued S b -metric spaces:
Theorem 2.
Suppose that ( X , A , σ b ) is a a complete symmetric C*-AV- S b M space and ψ , φ : X X satisfies
σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , φ v ) a * σ b ( u , u , v ) a ,
for all u , v X , where a A in which | | a | | < 1 . Hence, ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X .
Proof. 
Suppose that u 0 X and { u n } is a sequence in X such that u 2 n + 1 = ψ u 2 n , u 2 n + 2 = φ u 2 n + 1 . From Equation (1), we have
σ b ( u 2 n + 2 , u 2 n + 2 , u 2 n + 1 ) = σ b ( φ u 2 n + 1 , φ u 2 n + 1 , ψ u 2 n ) a * σ b ( u 2 n + 1 , u 2 n + 1 , u 2 n ) a ( a * ) 2 σ b ( u 2 n , u 2 n , u 2 n 1 ) ( a ) 2 ( a * ) 2 n + 1 σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) ( a ) 2 n + 1 ,
By remembering the property where if t , k A h , then t k yields u * t u u * k u , we see the following for each n N :
σ b ( u 2 n + 1 , u 2 n + 1 , u 2 n ) ( a * ) 2 n σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) ( a ) 2 n .
Similarly, we have
σ b ( u n + 1 , u n + 1 , u n ) ( a * ) n σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) ( a ) n .
Let σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) = B 0 for some B 0 A + . For any p N , we achieve
σ b ( u n + p , u n + p , u n ) b [ σ b ( u n + p , u n + p , u n + p 1 ) + σ b ( u n + p , u n + p , u n + p 1 ) + σ b ( u n , u n , u n + p 1 ) ] = 2 b σ b ( u n + p , u n + p , u n + p 1 ) + b σ b ( u n , u n , u n + p 1 ) = 2 b σ b ( u n + p , u n + p , u n + p 1 ) + b σ b ( u n + p 1 , u n + p 1 , u n ) 2 b σ b ( u n + p , u n + p , u n + p 1 ) + 2 b 2 σ b ( u n + p 1 , u n + p 1 , u n + p 2 ) + b 2 σ b ( u n + p 2 , u n + p 2 , u n ) 2 b σ b ( u n + p , u n + p , u n + p 1 ) + 2 b 2 σ b ( u n + p 1 , u n + p 1 , u n + p 2 ) + 2 b 3 σ b ( u n + p 2 , u n + p 2 , u n + p 3 ) + + 2 b p σ b ( u n + 1 , u n + 1 , u n ) 2 b ( a * ) n + p 1 σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) ( a ) n + p 1 + 2 b 2 ( a * ) n + p 2 σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) ( a ) n + p 2 + 2 b 3 ( a * ) n + p 3 σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) ( a ) n + p 3 + + 2 b p ( a * ) n σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) ( a ) n 2 k = 1 p 1 b k ( a * ) n + p k σ b ( u 1 , u 1 , u 0 ) ( a ) n + p k = 2 k = 1 p 1 b k ( a * ) n + p k B 0 ( a ) n + p k = 2 k = 1 p 1 ( ( a * ) n + p k b k 2 B 0 1 2 ) ( B 0 1 2 b k 2 a n + p k ) 2 k = 1 p 1 ( B 0 1 2 b k 2 a n + p k ) * ( B 0 1 2 b k 2 a n + p k ) 2 k = 1 p 1 | | B 0 1 2 b k 2 a n + p k | | 2 1 A 2 | | B 0 1 2 | | 2 k = 1 p 1 | | a | | 2 ( n + p k ) | | b | | k 1 A 2 | | B 0 | | | | b | | p | | a | | 2 ( n + 1 ) | | b | | | | a | | 2 1 A 0 ( n ) ,
in which 1 A is the unit element in A .
As { u n } n = 1 is a Cauchy sequence in X , and X is complete, there exists u X such that lim n u n = u .
By using condition (3) of Definitions 5 and 6 as well as Equation (1), we have
σ b ( u , u , φ u ) b [ σ b ( u , u , u 2 n + 1 ) + σ b ( u , u , u 2 n + 1 ) + σ b ( u 2 n + 1 , u 2 n + 1 , φ u ) ] = 2 b σ b ( u , u , u 2 n + 1 ) + b σ b ( u 2 n + 1 , u 2 n + 1 , φ u ) = 2 b σ b ( u 2 n + 1 , u 2 n + 1 , u ) + b σ b ( ψ u 2 n , ψ u 2 n , φ u ) 2 b σ b ( u 2 n + 1 , u 2 n + 1 , u ) + b a * σ b ( u n , u n , u ) a 0 A ( n ) .
Hence, φ u = u . Again, we note that
0 A σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , u ) = σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , φ u ) a * σ b ( u , u , u ) a = 0 A ,
In other words, σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , u ) = 0 A , and hence ψ u = u .
For the uniqueness of the common FP in X , let there be another point v X such that ψ v = φ v = v . From Equation (1), we achieve
0 A σ b ( u , u , v ) = σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , ψ v ) a * σ b ( u , u , v ) a
which, together with | | a | | < 1 , yields that
0 | | σ b ( u , u , v ) | | | | a * σ b ( u , u , v ) a | | | | a * | | | | σ b ( u , u , v ) | | | | a | | | | a | | 2 | | σ b ( u , u , v ) | | | | σ b ( u , u , v ) | |
Thus, | | σ b ( u , u , v ) | | = 0 and σ b ( u , u , v ) = 0 A , which gives u = v . Hence, ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X . □
With the proof of Theorem 2, the relevant results are as follows:
Corollary 1.
Assume that ( X , A , σ b ) is a complete symmetric C*-AV- S b M space, and suppose that ψ , φ : X X represent two mappings such that
| | σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , φ v ) | | a | | | | σ b ( u , u , v ) | | ,
for all u , v X , where a A and | | a | | < 1 . Then, ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X .
Corollary 2.
Assume that ( X , A , σ b ) is a complete symmetric C*-AV- S b M space and the mapping ψ : X X satisfies
σ b ( ψ m u , ψ m u , ψ n v ) a * σ b ( u , u , v ) a ,
for all u , v X , in which a A and | | a | | < 1 , and m and n are fixed positive integers. Thus, ψ has a unique FP in X .
Proof. 
Set ψ = ψ m and φ = ψ n in Equation (1). The result is obtained using Theorem 2. □
Remark 1.
By substituting ψ = φ into Equation (1), we have
σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , ψ v ) a * σ b ( u , u , v ) a ,
for all u , v X , where a A and | | a | | < 1 . Thus, we conclude the next corollary.
Corollary 3.
Suppose that ( X , A , σ b ) is a complete symmetric C*-AV- S b M space and the mapping ψ : X X satisfies
σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , ψ v ) a * σ b ( u , u , v ) a ,
for all u , v X , where a A and | | a | | < 1 . Then, ψ has a unique FP in X .
Theorem 3.
Suppose that ( X , A , σ b ) is a complete symmetric C*-AV- S b M space and ψ , φ : X X satisfies
σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , ψ v ) a * σ b ( u , u , v ) a ,
for all u , v X , where a A and | | a | | < 1 . If R ( ψ ) , contained in R ( φ ) and R ( φ ) , is complete in X , then ψ and φ have a unique point of coincidence in X . Additionally, if ψ and φ are weakly compatible, then ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X .
Proof. 
Suppose that u 0 X is arbitrary. Choose u 1 X such that φ u 1 = ψ u 0 . This is correct because R ( ψ ) R ( φ ) . Let u 2 X such that φ u 2 = ψ u 1 . In the same way, we obtain a sequence { u n } n = 1 in X satisfying φ u n = ψ u n 1 . Therefore, with Equation (2), we have
σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) = σ b ( ψ u n , ψ u n , ψ u n 1 ) a * σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 ) a ( a * ) n σ b ( φ u 1 , φ u 1 , φ u 0 ) ( a ) n ,
which shows that { φ u n } n = 1 is a Cauchy sequence in R ( φ ) . Since R ( φ ) is complete in X , there exists q X such that lim n φ u n = φ q , and thus
σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , ψ q ) = σ b ( ψ u n 1 , ψ u n 1 , ψ q ) a * σ b ( φ u n 1 , φ u n 1 , φ q ) a ,
From lim n φ u n = φ q and Lemma 1, we obtain a * σ b ( φ u n 1 , φ u n 1 , φ q ) a 0 A as n , and then lim n φ u n = ψ q . Lemma 2 yields that φ q = ψ q . If there is an element w in X such that ψ w = φ w , then Equation (2) yields
σ b ( φ q , φ q , φ w ) = σ b ( ψ q , ψ q , ψ w ) a * σ b ( φ q , φ q , φ w ) a ,
In the same way as in Theorem 2, we obtain φ q = φ w because
0 | | σ b ( φ q , φ q , φ w ) | | | | a | | 2 | | σ b ( φ q , φ q , φ w ) | | | | σ b ( φ q , φ q , φ w ) | | = 0 σ b ( φ q , φ q , φ w ) = 0 A φ q = φ w .
Hence, ψ and φ have a unique point of coincidence in X . Through Lemma 3, we conclude that ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X . □
Theorem 4.
Assume that ( X , A , σ b ) is a complete symmetric C*-AV- S b M space and ψ , φ : X X satisfies
σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , ψ v ) a σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , φ u ) + a σ b ( ψ v , ψ v , φ v ) ,
for all u , v X , where a A + and | | a | | < 1 2 . If R ( ψ ) , contained in R ( φ ) and R ( φ ) , is complete in X , then ψ and φ have a unique point of coincidence in X . In addition, if ψ and φ are weakly compatible, then ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X .
Proof. 
As in Theorem 3, we select { u n } n = 1 in X and set φ u n = ψ u n 1 . Therefore, through Equation (3), we have
σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) = σ b ( ψ u n , ψ u n , ψ u n 1 ) a σ b ( ψ u n , ψ u n , φ u n ) + a σ b ( ψ u n 1 , ψ u n 1 , φ u n 1 ) = a σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) + a σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 )
Thus, we obtain
( 1 a ) σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) a σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 )
Since | | a | | < 1 2 , then 1 a is invertible, and ( 1 a ) 1 = n = 0 a n which, together with a A + , yields ( 1 a ) 1 a A + . Lemma 1’s condition (2) leads to
σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) t σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 ) ,
where t = ( 1 a ) 1 a A + and | | t | | < 1 . Now, by induction and the use of Lemma 1’s condition (2), we obtain
σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) t n σ b ( φ u 1 , φ u 1 , φ u 0 ) .
For each m 1 , p 1 , and b A where | | b | | > 1 , we have
σ b ( φ u m + p , φ u m + p , φ u m ) b [ σ b ( φ u m + p , φ u m + p , φ u m + p 1 ) + σ b ( φ u m + p , φ u m + p , φ u m + p 1 ) + σ b ( φ u m + p 1 , φ u m + p 1 , φ u m ) ] = 2 b σ b ( φ u m + p , φ u m + p , φ u m + p 1 ) + σ b ( φ u m + p 1 , φ u m + p 1 , φ u m ) 2 b σ b ( φ u m + p , φ u m + p , φ u m + p 1 ) + 2 b 2 σ b ( φ u m + p 1 , φ u m + p 1 , φ u m + p 2 ) + b 2 σ b ( φ u m + p 2 , φ u m + p 2 , φ u m ) 2 b σ b ( φ u m + p , φ u m + p , φ u m + p 1 ) + 2 b 2 σ b ( φ u m + p 1 , φ u m + p 1 , φ u m + p 2 ) + 2 b 3 σ b ( φ u m + p 2 , φ u m + p 2 , φ u m + p 3 ) + + 2 b p σ b ( φ u m + 1 , φ u m + 1 , φ u m ) 2 b t m + p 1 σ b ( φ u 1 , φ u 1 , φ u 0 ) + 2 b 2 t m + p 2 σ b ( φ u 1 , φ u 1 , φ u 0 ) + 2 b 3 t m + p 3 σ b ( φ u 1 , φ u 1 , φ u 0 ) + + 2 b p t m σ b ( φ u 1 , φ u 1 , φ u 0 ) = 2 b t m + p 1 B 0 + 2 b 2 t m + p 2 B 0 + 2 b 3 t m + p 3 B 0 + + 2 b p t m B 0 = 2 k = 1 p b k t m + p k B 0 = 2 k = 1 p | B 0 1 2 t m + p k 2 b k 2 | 2 2 | | B 0 | | k = 1 p | | b | | k | | t | | m + p k 1 A 2 | | B 0 | | | | b | | p | | t | | m + 1 | | t | | | | b | | 1 A 0 , ( m ) ,
where B 0 = σ b ( φ u 1 , φ u 1 , φ u 0 ) . Hence, { φ u n } n = 0 is a Cauchy sequence in R ( φ ) . Since R ( φ ) is complete, there exists q X such that lim n φ u n = φ q . Again, according to Equation (4), we have
σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , ψ q ) = σ b ( ψ u n 1 , ψ u n 1 , ψ q ) t σ b ( φ u n 1 , φ u n 1 , φ q )
This implies that lim n φ u n = ψ q . Under Lemma 2, ψ q = φ q . Therefore, ψ and φ have a point of coincidence in X . Here, we prove the uniqueness of points of coincidence. For this, let there be p X such that ψ p = φ p . By applying Equation (3), we have
σ b ( φ p , φ p , φ q ) = σ b ( ψ p , ψ p , ψ q ) a σ b ( ψ p , ψ p , φ p ) + a σ b ( ψ q , ψ q , φ q ) ,
This implies that | | σ b ( φ p , φ p , φ q ) | | = 0 , and thus φ p = φ q . Therefore, under Lemma 3, ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X . □
Theorem 5.
Assume that ( X , A , σ b ) is a complete symmetric C*-AV- S b M space and ψ , φ : X X satisfies
σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , ψ v ) a σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , φ v ) + a σ b ( φ u , φ u , ψ v ) ,
for every u , v X , in which a A + and | | a b | | < 1 3 . If R ( ψ ) , contained in R ( φ ) and R ( φ ) , is complete in X , then ψ and φ have a unique point of coincidence in X . Additionally, if ψ and φ are weakly compatible, then ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X .
Proof. 
As in Theorem 3, we select { u n } n = 1 in X and set φ u n = ψ u n 1 . Therefore, under Equation (5), we have
σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) = σ b ( ψ u n , ψ u n , ψ u n 1 ) a σ b ( ψ u n , ψ u n , φ u n 1 ) + a σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , ψ u n 1 ) = a σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n 1 ) + a σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n ) a b [ 2 σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) + σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 ) ] = 2 a b σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) + a b σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 )
Thus, we obtain
( 1 2 a b ) σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) a b σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 ) ,
Therefore, we have
σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) ( 1 2 a b ) 1 a b σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 ) ,
and consequently
σ b ( φ u n + 1 , φ u n + 1 , φ u n ) t σ b ( φ u n , φ u n , φ u n 1 ) ,
where t = ( 1 2 a b ) 1 a b A + and | | t | | < 1 .
Similar to the process in Theorem 4, we find that ψ and φ have a point of coincidence ψ q in X . Here, we prove the uniqueness of the points of coincidence. For this, let there be p X such that ψ p = φ p . By applying Equation (5), we obtain
σ b ( φ p , φ p , φ q ) = σ b ( ψ p , ψ p , ψ q ) a σ b ( ψ p , ψ p , φ q ) + a σ b ( φ p , φ p , ψ q ) = a σ b ( φ p , φ p , φ q ) + a σ b ( φ p , φ p , φ q ) ,
In other words, we have
σ b ( φ p , φ p , φ q ) ( 1 a ) 1 a σ b ( φ p , φ p , φ q ) .
Since | | ( 1 a ) 1 a | | < 1 , this implies that | | σ b ( φ p , φ p , φ q ) | | = 0 , and thus φ p = φ q . Therefore, Lemma 3 implies that ψ and φ have a unique common FP in X . □
If we choose φ = i d X in Theorem 5, then we obtain R ( φ ) = X , and ψ is weakly compatible with φ . We also have the following result:
Corollary 4.
Suppose that ( X , A , σ b ) is a complete symmetric C*-AV- S b M space and ψ : X X satisfies
σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , ψ v ) a σ b ( ψ u , ψ u , v ) + a σ b ( ψ v , ψ v , u ) ,
for all u , v X , where a A + and | | a b | | < 1 3 . Hence, ψ has a unique FP in X .

5. Application in Integral Equations

Let us use the following equations:
l l x ( m ) = E ( T 1 ( m , n , x ( n ) ) d n + J ( m ) , m E x ( m ) = E ( T 2 ( m , n , x ( n ) ) d n + J ( m ) , m E
in which E is a Lebesgue measurable set where m ( E ) < .
In fact, we suppose that X = L ( E ) presents the class of essentially bounded measurable functions on E , where E is a Lebesgue measurable set such that m ( E ) < .
One may consider the functions T 1 , T 2 , α , β to fulfill the following assumptions:
(i)
T 1 , T 2 : E × E × R R are integrable. In addition, an integrable function α is from E × E to R 0 , and J L ( E ) .
(ii)
There exists ( 0 , 1 ) such that
| T 1 ( m , n , x ) T 2 ( m , n , y ) | | α ( m , n ) | | x y | ,
for m , n E and x , y R .
(iii)
sup m E E | α ( m , n ) | d n 1 .
Theorem 6.
Let assumptions (i–iii) hold. Hence, the integral in Equation (6) has a unique common solution in L ( E ) .
Proof. 
Suppose that X = L ( E ) and B ( L 2 ( E ) ) is a set of bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space L 2 ( E ) . We equip X with the S b metric σ b : X × X × X B ( L 2 ( E ) ) , which is ascertained by
σ b ( α , β , γ ) = M ( | α γ | + | β γ | ) p ,
where M ( | α γ | + | β γ | ) p is the multiplication operator on L 2 ( E ) ascertained by
M h ( α ) = h . α ; α L 2 ( E ) .
Therefore, ( X , B ( L 2 ( E ) ) , σ b ) is a complete C*-AV- S b M space. We can describe the self-mappings Ψ , Φ : X X as follows:
Ψ x ( m ) = E T 1 ( m , n , x ( n ) ) d n + J ( m ) ,
Φ x ( m ) = E T 2 ( m , n , x ( n ) ) d n + J ( m ) ,
for each m E . Therefore, we have
σ b ( Ψ x , Ψ x , Φ y ) = M ( | Ψ x Φ y | + | Ψ x Φ y | ) p .
We can obtain
| | σ b ( Ψ x , Ψ x , Φ y ) | | = sup | | h | | = 1 M ( | Ψ x Φ y | + | Ψ x Φ y | ) p h , h = sup | | h | | = 1 M ( 2 | Ψ x Φ y | ) p h , h = sup | | h | | = 1 2 p M | Ψ x Φ y | p h , h = sup | | h | | = 1 E ( 2 p | Ψ x Φ y | p ) h ( t ) h ( t ) ¯ d t 2 p sup | | h | | = 1 E [ E | T 1 ( m , n , x ( n ) ) T 2 ( m , n , y ( n ) ) | ] p | h ( t ) | 2 d t 2 p sup | | h | | = 1 E [ E | α ( m , n ) ( x ( n ) y ( n ) ) | d n ] p | h ( t ) | 2 d t 2 p p sup | | h | | = 1 E [ E | α ( m , n ) | d n ] p | h ( t ) | 2 d t . | | x y | | p sup m E E | α ( m , n ) | d n . sup | | h | | = 1 E | h ( t ) | 2 d t 2 p | | x y | | p 2 p | | x y | | p = | | 2 ( x y ) | | p = | | M ( | x y | + | x y | ) p | | = | | a | | | | σ b ( x , x , y ) | |
By setting a = 1 B ( L 2 ( E ) ) , then a B ( L 2 ( E ) ) and | | a | | = < 1 . Therefore, Corollary 1 implies the result. □

Author Contributions

S.S.R.: Investigation, writing draft and final articles; H.P.M.: Investigation, writing draft; M.D.L.S.: checking draft and final version, funding, Project direction. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

Basque Government, Grant IT1155-22.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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