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Article

Some Common Fixed-Circle Results on Metric Spaces

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Department of Mathematics and Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Mathematics, Balıkesir University, 10145 Balıkesir, Turkey
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Department of Mathematics, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55280 Samsun, Turkey
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Department of Business Administration, College of Science and Humanities, Shaqra University, Dhurma 11961, Saudi Arabia
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Institut Préparatoire aux Études d’Ingénieurs de Gafsa, Gafsa University, Gafsa 2112, Tunisia
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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Axioms 2022, 11(9), 454; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms11090454
Submission received: 6 August 2022 / Revised: 30 August 2022 / Accepted: 1 September 2022 / Published: 4 September 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Special Issue in Honor of the 60th Birthday of Professor Hong-Kun Xu)

Abstract

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Recently, the fixed-circle problems have been studied with different approaches as an interesting and geometric generalization. In this paper, we present some solutions to an open problem C C : what is (are) the condition(s) to make any circle C ϖ 0 , σ as the common fixed circle for two (or more than two) self-mappings? To do this, we modify some known contractions which are used in fixed-point theorems such as the Hardy–Rogers-type contraction, Kannan-type contraction, etc.
MSC:
54E35; 54E40; 54H25

1. Introduction

In the recent past, the fixed-circle problem has been introduced as a new geometric generalization of fixed-point theory. After that, some solutions to this problem have been investigated using various techniques (for example, see [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8], and the references therein). In addition, in [1], the following open problem was given:
Let X , D be a metric space and C ϖ 0 , σ = ϖ X : D ( ϖ , ϖ 0 ) = σ be any circle on X.
Open Problem C C : What is (are) the condition(s) to make any circle C ϖ 0 , σ as the common fixed circle for two (or more than two) self-mappings?
Let ξ and g be two self-mappings on a set X. If ξ ϖ = g ϖ = ϖ for all ϖ C ϖ 0 , σ , then C ϖ 0 , σ is called a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g (see [9] for more details).
Some solutions were given for this open problem (for example, see [8,9]). To obtain new solutions, in this paper, we define new contractions for the pair ξ , g and prove new common fixed-circle results on metric spaces. Before moving on to the main results, we recall the following.
Throughout this article, we denote by R the set of all real numbers and by R + the set of all positive real numbers.
Let ξ and g be self-mappings on a set X. If ξ ϖ = g ϖ = w for some ϖ in X, then ϖ is called a coincidence point of ξ and g, w is called a point of coincidence of ξ and g.
Let C ξ , g = ϖ X : ξ ϖ = g ϖ = ϖ denote the set of all common fixed-points of self-mappings ξ and g.
In [10], Wardowski introduced the following family of functions to obtain a new type of contraction called F -contraction.
Let F be the family of all mappings F : R + R that satisfy the following conditions:
( F 1 )
F is strictly increasing, that is, for all a , b R + such that a < b implies that F a < F b ;
( F 2 )
For every sequence a n n N of positive real numbers, lim n a n = 0 and lim n F a n = are equivalent;
( F 3 )
There exists k 0 , 1 such that lim a 0 + a k F a = 0 .
Some examples of functions that confirm the conditions ( F 1 ) , ( F 2 ) , and ( F 3 ) are as follows:
  • F ( a ) = ln a ;
  • F ( a ) = ln a + a ;
  • F ( a ) = ln a 2 + a ;
  • F ( a ) = 1 a (see [10] for more details).
Definition 1.
[10] Let X , D be a metric space, F F and ξ : X X . The mapping ξ is called an F -contraction if there exists τ > 0 such that
τ + F D ξ ϖ , ξ v F D ϖ , v
for all ϖ , v X satisfying D T ϖ , T v > 0 .

2. Main Results

In this section, we prove new common fixed-circle theorems on metric spaces. For this purpose, we modify some well-known contractions such as the Wardowski-type contraction [10], Nemytskii–Edelstein-type contraction [11,12], Banach-type contraction [13], Hardy–Rogers-type contraction [14], Reich-type contraction [15], Chatterjea-type contraction [16], and Kannan-type contraction [17].
At first, we introduce the following new contraction type for two mappings to obtain some common fixed-circle results on metric spaces.
Definition 2.
Let X , D be a metric space and ξ , g be two self-mappings on X. If there exist τ > 0 , F F and ϖ 0 X such that
τ + F ( D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ ) F D ϖ 0 , ϖ
for all ϖ X satisfying min D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ > 0 , then the pair ξ , g is called a Wardowski-type F ξ g -contraction.
Notice that the point ϖ 0 mentioned in Definition 2 must be a common fixed-point of the mappings ξ and g. In fact, if ϖ 0 is not a common fixed-point of ξ and g, then we have D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 > 0 and D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 > 0 . Hence, we obtain
min D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 , D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 > 0 τ + F ( D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 ) F ( D ϖ 0 , ϖ 0 ) .
This gives a contradiction since the domain of F is 0 , . As a result, we receive the following proposition as a consequence of Definition 2.
Proposition 1.
Let X , D be a metric space. If the pair ξ , g is a Wardowski-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X , then we have ξ ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 .
Using this new type contraction, we give the following fixed-circle theorem.
Theorem 1.
Let X , D be a metric space and the pair ξ , g be a Wardowski-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X . Define the number σ by
σ = inf D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ : ϖ ξ ϖ , ϖ g ϖ , ϖ X .
Then, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , r where r < σ .
Proof. 
We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let σ = 0 . Clearly, C ϖ 0 , σ = ϖ 0 and by Proposition 1, we see that C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g .
Case 2: Let σ > 0 and ϖ C ϖ 0 , σ . If ξ ϖ ϖ and g ϖ ϖ , then by (1), we have D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ σ . Hence, using the Wardowski-type F ξ g -contraction property and the fact that F is increasing, we obtain
F σ F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ F D ϖ 0 , ϖ τ < F D ϖ 0 , ϖ = F σ
This gives a contradiction. Therefore, we have D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = 0 , that is, ϖ = ξ ϖ and ϖ = g ϖ . As a consequence, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g .
Now, we show that ξ and g also fix any circle C ϖ 0 , r with r < σ . Let ϖ C ϖ 0 , r and suppose that D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ > 0 . With the Wardowski-type F ξ g -contraction property, we have
F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ F D ϖ 0 , ϖ τ < F D ϖ 0 , ϖ = F r .
Since F is increasing, then we find
D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ < D ϖ 0 , ϖ < r < σ .
However, σ = inf D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ : ϖ ξ ϖ , ϖ g ϖ , ϖ X , so this gives a contradiction. Thus, D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = 0 and ϖ = ξ ϖ = g ϖ . Hence, C ϖ 0 , r is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g .  □
Example 1.
Let X = 0 , 1 , e , e , e 1 , e + 1 , e 2 , e 2 , e 2 1 , e 2 + 1 , e 2 e , e 2 + e with usual metric. Define ξ , g : X X by
ξ ϖ = 1 , ϖ = 0 ϖ , o t h e r w i s e
and
g ϖ = e 1 , ϖ = 0 ϖ , o t h e r w i s e .
Take F a = ln a + a , a > 0 , τ = e and ϖ 0 = e 2 . Thus, the pair ξ , g is a Wardowski-type F ξ g -contraction. For ϖ = 0 , we have
min D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ = min D 0 , 1 , D 0 , e 1 = min 1 , e 1 = 1 > 0
In addition, we can easily see that the following inequality is satisfied:
τ + F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ F D ϖ 0 , ϖ e + F 1 + e 1 F e 2 e + ln e + e ln e 2 + e 2 2 e + 1 2 + e 2
With Theorem (1), we obtain
σ = inf D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ : ϖ ξ ϖ , ϖ g ϖ , ϖ X = inf 1 + e 1 = e
and ξ , g fix the circle C e 2 , e = e 2 e , e 2 + e . Notice that ξ and g fix also the circle C e 2 , 1 = e 2 1 , e 2 + 1 .
The converse of Theorem 1 fails. The following example confirms this statement.
Example 2.
Let X , D be a metric space with any point ϖ 0 X . Define the self-mappings ξ and g as follows:
ξ ϖ = ϖ , D ϖ , ϖ 0 μ ϖ 0 , D ϖ , ϖ 0 > μ
and
g ϖ = ϖ , D ϖ , ϖ 0 μ ϖ 0 , D ϖ , ϖ 0 > μ ,
for all ϖ X with any μ > 0 . Then, it can be easily checked that the pair ξ , g is not a Wardowski-type F ξ g -contraction for the point ϖ 0 but ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , r where r μ .
Example 3.
Let C be the set of complex numbers, C , D be the usual metric space, and define the self-mappings ξ , g : C C as follows:
ξ ϖ = ϖ , ϖ 2 < e ϖ + 1 2 , ϖ 2 e
and
g ϖ = ϖ , ϖ 2 < e ϖ 1 2 , ϖ 2 e ,
for all ϖ C . We have σ = inf D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ : ϖ ξ ϖ , ϖ g ϖ , ϖ C . Thus, the pair ξ , g is a Wardowski-type F ξ g -contraction with F = ln a , τ = ln e and ϖ 0 = 2 C . Obviously, the number of common fixed circles of ξ and g is infinite.
Definition 3.
If there exist τ > 0 , F F and ϖ 0 X such that for all ϖ X the following holds:
τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ < F D ϖ , ϖ 0
with min D ξ ϖ , ϖ , D g ϖ , ϖ > 0 , then the pair ξ , g is called a Nemytskii–Edelstein-type F ξ g -contraction.
Proposition 2.
Let X , D be a metric space. If the pair ξ , g is a Nemytskii-Edelstein-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X , then we have ξ ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 .
Proof. 
It can be easily proved from the similar arguments used in Proposition 1. □
Theorem 2.
Let the pair ξ , g be a Nemytskii–Edelstein-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X and σ be defined as in (1). Then, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , r where r < σ .
Proof. 
It can be easily seen from the proof of Theorem 1. □
In addition, we inspire the classical Banach contraction principle to give the following definition:
Definition 4.
If there exist τ > 0 , F F and ϖ 0 X such that for all ϖ X , the following holds:
τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F η D ϖ , ϖ 0
with min D ξ ϖ , ϖ , D g ϖ , ϖ > 0 where η [ 0 , 1 ) , then the pair ξ , g is called a Banach-type F ξ g -contraction.
Proposition 3.
Let X , D be a metric space. If the pair ξ , g is a Banach-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X , then we have ξ ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 .
Proof. 
It can be easily proved from the similar arguments used in Proposition 1. □
Theorem 3.
Let the pair ξ , g be a Banach-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X and σ be defined as in (1). Then C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , r where r < σ .
Proof. 
It can be easily seen from the proof of Theorem 1. □
If we consider Example 1, then the pair ξ , g is both a Nemytskii–Edelstein-type F ξ g -contraction and a Banach-type F ξ g -contraction with F a = ln a + a , a > 0 , τ = e , ϖ 0 = e 2 and so ξ , g have two common fixed circles C e 2 , e and C e 2 , 1 .
We introduce the notion of Hardy–Rogers-type F ξ g -contraction.
Definition 5.
Let X , D be a metric space and ξ , g be two self-mappings on X. The pair ξ , g is called a Hardy–Rogers-type F ξ g -contraction if there exist τ > 0 and F F such that
τ + F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ F α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + γ D ϖ , g ϖ + δ D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + η D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0
holds for any ϖ , ϖ 0 X with m i n D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ > 0 , where α , β , γ , δ , η are nonnegative numbers, α 0 and α + β + γ + δ + η 1 .
Proposition 4.
If the pair ξ , g is a Hardy–Rogers-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X , then we have ξ ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 .
Proof. 
Suppose that ξ ϖ 0 ϖ 0 and g ϖ 0 ϖ 0 . From the definition of the Hardy–Rogers-type F ξ g -contraction with min D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 , D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 > 0 , we obtain
τ + F D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 F α D ϖ 0 , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + γ D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 + δ D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + η D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 = F β + δ D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + γ + η D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 < F D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0
a contradiction because of τ > 0 . Thus, we have ξ ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 .  □
Using Proposition 4, we rewrite the condition (2) as follows:
τ + F D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ F α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + γ D ϖ , g ϖ
with min D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ > 0 where α , β , γ are nonnegative numbers, α 0 and α + β + γ 1 .
Using this inequality, we present the following fixed-circle result.
Theorem 4.
Let the pair ξ , g be a Hardy–Rogers-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X and σ be defined as in (1). If β = γ , then C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . In addition, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , r with r < σ .
Proof. 
We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let σ = 0 . Clearly, C ϖ 0 , σ = ϖ 0 and by Proposition 4, we see that C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g .
Case 2: Let σ > 0 and ϖ C ϖ 0 , σ . Using the Hardy–Rogers-type F ξ g -contractive property and the fact that F is increasing, we have
F σ F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ F α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + γ D ϖ , g ϖ τ < F α σ + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ < F α + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ < F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ .
This gives a contradiction. Therefore, D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = 0 and so ξ ϖ = ϖ = g ϖ . As a result, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g .
Now, we show that ξ and g also fix any circle C ϖ 0 , r with r < σ . Let ϖ C ϖ 0 , r and suppose that D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ > 0 . By the Hardy–Rogers-type F ξ g -contraction, we have
F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ F α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + γ D ϖ , g ϖ τ < F α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + γ D ϖ , g ϖ < F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ
a contradiction. So, we obtain D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = 0 and ξ ϖ = ϖ = g ϖ . Thus, C ϖ 0 , r is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . □
Remark 1.
If we take α = 1 and β = γ = δ = η = 0 in Definition 5, then we obtain the concept of a Wardowski-type F ξ g -contractive mapping.
Now, we give the concept of a Reich-type F ξ g -contraction as follows.
Definition 6.
If there exist τ > 0 , F F and ϖ 0 X such that for all ϖ X , the following holds:
τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ + γ D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0
with min D ξ ϖ , ϖ , D g ϖ , ϖ > 0 , where α + β + γ < 1 , α 0 and α , β , γ 0 , . Then, the pair ξ , g is called a Reich-type F ξ g -contraction on X.
Proposition 5.
If the pair ξ , g is a Reich-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X , then we have ξ ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 .
Proof. 
Assume that ξ ϖ 0 ϖ 0 and g ϖ 0 ϖ 0 . From the definition of the Reich-type F ξ g -contraction with min D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 , D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 > 0 , we get
τ + F D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 F α D ϖ 0 , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 + γ D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 = F β + γ D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0 < F D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ 0
a contradiction because of τ > 0 . Then, we have ξ ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 .  □
Using Proposition 5, we rewrite the condition (3) as follows:
τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ
with min D ξ ϖ , ϖ , D g ϖ , ϖ > 0 where α + β < 1 , α 0 and α , β 0 , .
Using this inequality, we obtain the following common fixed-circle result.
Theorem 5.
Let the pair ξ , g be a Reich-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X and σ be defined as in (1). Then, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , ρ with ρ < σ .
Proof. 
We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let σ = 0 . Clearly, C ϖ 0 , σ = ϖ 0 and by Proposition 5, we see that C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g .
Case 2: Let σ > 0 and ϖ C ϖ 0 , σ . This case can be easily seen since
F σ F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F α + β D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ < F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ .
Consequently, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , ρ with ρ < σ .  □
To obtain, some new common fixed-circle results, we define the following contractions.
Definition 7.
If there exist τ > 0 , F F and ϖ 0 X such that for all ϖ X , the following holds:
τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F η D ξ ϖ , ϖ 0 + D g ϖ , ϖ 0
with min D ξ ϖ , ϖ , D g ϖ , ϖ > 0 where η 0 , 1 3 , then the pair ξ , g is called a Chatterjea-type F ξ g -contraction.
Proposition 6.
If the pair ξ , g is a Chattereja-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X , then we have ξ ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 .
Proof. 
From the similar arguments used in Proposition 4, it can be easily proved. □
Theorem 6.
Let the pair ξ , g be a Chatterjea-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X and σ be defined as in (1). Then, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , ρ with ρ < σ .
Proof. 
We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let σ = 0 . Clearly, C ϖ 0 , σ = ϖ 0 and by Proposition 6, we see that C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g .
Case 2: Let σ > 0 and ϖ C ϖ 0 , σ . Using the Chatterjea-type F ξ g -contractive property, the fact that F is increasing, and the triangle inequality property of metric function d, we have
F σ F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F η D ξ ϖ , ϖ 0 + D g ϖ , ϖ 0 τ F η D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D ϖ , ϖ 0 + D g ϖ , ϖ + D ϖ , ϖ 0 = F η 2 D ϖ , ϖ 0 + D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ = F 3 η D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ < F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ .
This gives a contradiction. Thus, D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ = 0 , that is, ξ ϖ = ϖ = g ϖ . As a result, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . By the similar arguments used in the proof of Theorem 1, ξ and g also fix any circle C ϖ 0 , ρ with ρ < σ .  □
Definition 8.
If there exist τ > 0 , F F and ϖ 0 X such that for all ϖ X the following holds:
τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F η D ϖ , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ , g ϖ 0
with min D ξ ϖ , ϖ , D g ϖ , ϖ > 0 where η 0 , 1 2 , then the pair ξ , g is called a Kannan-type F ξ g -contraction.
Proposition 7.
If the pair ξ , g is a Kannan-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X , then we have ξ ϖ 0 = ϖ 0 = g ϖ 0 .
Proof. 
From the similar arguments used in Proposition 4, it can be easily obtained. □
Theorem 7.
Let the pair ξ , g be a Kannan-type F ξ g -contraction with ϖ 0 X and σ be defined as in (1). Then, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , ρ with ρ < σ .
Proof. 
We distinguish two cases.
Case 1: Let σ = 0 . Clearly, C ϖ 0 , σ = ϖ 0 and by Proposition 7, we see that C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g .
Case 2: Let σ > 0 and ϖ C ϖ 0 , σ . Using the Kannan-type F ξ g -contractive property, the fact that F is increasing, and the triangle inequality property of metric function d, we have
F σ F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F η D ϖ , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ , g ϖ 0 τ F η D ϖ , ϖ 0 + D ϖ , ϖ 0 F 2 η σ < F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ .
This gives a contradiction. Thus, D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ = 0 , that is, ξ ϖ = ϖ = g ϖ . As a result, C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . By similar arguments used in the proof of Theorem 1, ξ and g also fix any circle C ϖ 0 , ρ with ρ < σ .  □
Now, we present an illustrative example of our obtained results.
Example 4.
Let X = 1 , 2 , e 2 , e 2 1 , e 2 + 1 be the metric space with the usual metric. Let us define the self-mappings ξ , g : X X as
ξ ϖ = 2 , ϖ = 1 ϖ , o t h e r w i s e
and
g ϖ = 2 , ϖ = 1 ϖ , o t h e r w i s e ,
for all ϖ X .
The pair ξ , g is a Hardy–Rogers-type F ξ g -contraction with F = ln a + a , τ = 0.01 , α = β = γ = 1 4 and ϖ 0 = e 2 . Indeed, we get
min D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ = min D 1 , 2 , D 1 , 2 = 1 > 0
for ϖ = 1 and we get
α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + γ D ϖ , g ϖ = 1 4 D 1 , e 2 + D 1 , 2 + D 1 , 2 = 1 4 e 2 1 + 1 + 1 = e 2 + 1 4 .
Then, we have
τ + F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = 0.01 + ln 2 + 2 F e 2 + 1 4 = ln e 2 + 1 ln 4 + e 2 + 1 4 .
The pair ξ , g is a Reich-type F ξ g -contraction with F = ln a , τ = ln e 2 + 1 ln 6 , α = β = 1 3 and ϖ 0 = e 2 . Indeed, we get
min D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ = min D 1 , 2 , D 1 , 2 = 1 > 0
for ϖ = 1 and we have
α D ϖ , ϖ 0 + β D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = 1 3 D 1 , e 2 + 1 3 D 1 , 2 + D 1 , 2 = e 2 + 1 3 .
Then, we obtain
τ + F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = ln e 2 + 1 ln 6 + ln 2 F e 2 + 1 3 = ln ( e 2 + 1 ) ln 3 .
The pair ξ , g is both a Chatterjea-type F ξ g -contractions and a Kannan-type F ξ g -contraction with F = l n a , τ = ln e 2 2 ln 4 , η = 1 4 and ϖ 0 = e 2 . Indeed, for Chatterjea-type F ξ g -contractions, we get
min D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ = min D 1 , 2 , D 1 , 2 = 1 > 0
for ϖ = 1 and we have
η D ϖ 0 , ξ ϖ + D ϖ 0 , g ϖ = 1 4 D e 2 , 2 + D e 2 , 2 1 4 2 ( e 2 2 ) = e 2 2 2 .
Then, we obtain
τ + F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = ln e 2 2 ln 4 + ln 2 F e 2 2 2 = ln e 2 2 ln 2 .
For Kannan-type F ξ g -contractions, we have
min D ϖ , ξ ϖ , D ϖ , g ϖ = min D 1 , 2 , D 1 , 2 = 1 > 0
for ϖ = 1 and we have
η D ϖ , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ , g 0 = 1 4 D 1 , e 2 + D 1 , e 2 1 4 2 ( e 2 1 ) = e 2 1 2 .
Then, we obtain
τ + F D ϖ , ξ ϖ + D ϖ , g ϖ = ln e 2 2 ln 4 + ln 2 F e 2 1 2 = ln e 2 1 ln 2 .
Consequently, ξ and g fix the circle C e 2 , 1 = { e 2 1 , e 2 + 1 } .
If we combine the notions of Banach-type F ξ g -contractions, Chatterjea-type F ξ g -contractions, and Kannan-type F ξ g -contractions, then we get the following corollary. This corollary can be considered as Zamfirescu-type common fixed-circle result [18].
Corollary 1.
Let X , D be a metric space, ξ , g : X X be two self-mappings and σ be defined as in (1). If there exist τ > 0 , F F and ϖ 0 X such that for all ϖ X , at least one of the followings holds:
( 1 ) τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F α D ϖ , ϖ 0 ,
( 2 ) τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F β D ξ ϖ , ϖ 0 + D g ϖ , ϖ 0 ,
( 3 ) τ + F D ξ ϖ , ϖ + D g ϖ , ϖ F γ D ϖ , ξ ϖ 0 + D ϖ , g ϖ 0 ,
with min D ξ ϖ , ϖ , D g ϖ , ϖ > 0 where 0 α < 1 , 0 β , γ < 1 2 , then C ϖ 0 , σ is a common fixed circle of the pair ξ , g . Especially, ξ and g fix every circle C ϖ 0 , ρ with ρ < σ .
Proof. 
It is obvious. □

Author Contributions

N.M.: conceptualization, supervision, writing—original draft; N.T.: writing—original draft, methodology; E.K.: conceptualization, supervision, writing—original draft; S.S.A.: conceptualization, writing—original draft; A.K.S.: methodology, writing—original draft. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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