Best proximity points for some classes of proximal contractions (Q2319000)

Summary: Given a self-mapping \(g : A \rightarrow A\) and a non-self-mapping \(T : A \rightarrow B\), the aim of this work is to provide sufficient conditions for the existence of a unique point \(x \in A\), called \(g\)-best proximity point, which satisfies \(d \left(g x, T x\right) = d \left(A, B\right)\). In so doing, we provide a useful answer for the resolution of the nonlinear programming problem of globally minimizing the real valued function \(x \rightarrow d \left(g x, T x\right)\), thereby getting an optimal approximate solution to the equation \(T x = g x\). An iterative algorithm is also presented to compute a solution of such problems. Our results generalize a result due to \textit{B. E. Rhoades} [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl., Ser. A, Theory Methods 47, No. 4, 2683--2693 (2001; Zbl 1042.47521)] and hence such results provide an extension of Banach's contraction principle to the case of non-self-mappings.