A Banach contraction principle in fuzzy metric spaces defined by means of \(t\)-conorms (Q2037043)

Let \((X,M,*)\) be a complete fuzzy metric space with \(*\) being a continuous \(t\)-norm, and let \(\diamond\) be the corresponding \(t\)-conorm (satisfying \(a\diamond b=1-((1-a)*(1-b))\) for all \(a,b\in[0,1]\)) which is Archimedean. If \(T:X\to X\) is a fuzzy \(k\)-\(\diamond\)-contraction (i.e., there exists \(k\in]0,1[\) such that for all \(x,y\in X\) and \(t>0\), \(M(Tx,Ty,t)\geq k\diamond M(x,y,t)\) holds), the authors prove that \(T\) has a unique fixed point. An example shows that the Archimedean condition cannot be removed in general. It is also shown that the obtained result is more general than some similar earlier results which used \(t\)-norms.