On existence and uniqueness of \(g\)-best proximity points under \(\left(\varphi, \theta, \alpha, g\right)\)-contractivity conditions and consequences (Q1722381)

Summary: We collect, improve, and generalize very recent results due to \textit{C. Mongkolkeha} et al. [ibid. 2014, Article ID 813614, 11 p. (2014; Zbl 1469.54159)] in three directions: firstly, we study \(g\)-best proximity points; secondly, we employ more general test functions than can be found in that paper, which lets us prove best proximity results using different kinds of control functions; thirdly, we introduce and handle a weak version of the \(P\)-property. Our results can also be applied to the study of coincidence points between two mappings as a particular case. As a consequence, the contractive condition we introduce is more general than was used in the mentioned paper.