A generalisation of contraction principle in metric spaces (Q1008515)

In this paper, the main result states that a self-mapping \(T: X \to X\) defined on a complete metric space \((X,d)\) has a unique fixed point if it satisfies the following inequality \[ \psi(d(Tx,Ty)) \leq \psi(d(x,y))-\phi(d(x,y)), \] where \(\psi, \phi: [0,\infty) \to [0,\infty)\) are two monotone nondecreasing continuous functions with \(\psi(t)=0= \phi(t)\) if and only if \(t=0\). When \(\psi\) is the identity function on \([0,\infty)\), this reduces to a result of \textit{B. E. Rhoades} [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 47, No.~4, 2683--2693 (2001; Zbl 1042.47521)]. Moreover, the main result is illustrated by an example.