Coincidence points in generalized metric spaces (Q2346269)

The authors continue the research (see [\textit{A. V. Arutyunov}, Dokl. Math. 76, No. 2, 665--668 (2007; Zbl 1152.54351); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk, Ross. Akad. Nauk 416, No. 2, 151--155 (2007)]) on coincidence points for maps (single-valued and set-valued) such that one of them is \(\beta\)-Lipschitz continuous and the second one is an \(\alpha\)-covering continuous map (\(\beta<\alpha\)). In the present paper maps in generalized metric spaces (i.e., with \(d:X\times X\to [0,\infty]\)) are studied. As an application of abstract results the existence of nontrivial solutions of the following equation in \(C([0,\infty),\mathbb{R}^n)\) is solved: \[ x(t)=\sum_{j=1}^m \theta_jx(\varphi_j(t)) \;\text{ for every } t\geq 0, \] where \(\varphi_j:[0,\infty)\to [0,\infty)\) are given continuous functions, strictly increasing for sufficiently big \(t\), and \(\theta_j\in \mathbb{R}\) are small numbers (\(\sum_{j=1}^m|\theta_j|<1\)).