On convergent sequences and fixed point theorems in \(D\)-metric spaces (Q2575998)

A pair \((X,\varrho)\) is said to be a \(D\)-metric space if the function \(\rho: X \times X \times X \rightarrow [0, \infty)\) satisfies the following conditions: (i) \(\rho(x,y,z)=0\) iff \(x=y=z\); (ii) \(\rho(x,y,z)=\rho(p(x,y,z))\) for \(\forall x,y,z \in X\) and each permutation \(p(x,y,z)\); (iii) \(\rho(x,y,z) \leq \rho(x,y,a) + \rho(x,a,z) + \rho(a,y,z),\) \(\forall x,y,z,a \in X\). The authors present examples of complete \(D\)-metric spaces in which every convergent sequence has at most two limits as well as the examples of sequences with exactly two limits. Also an example of a convergent sequence with infinitely many limits is given and, on that base, it is demonstrated that several fixed point theorems does not hold true in \(D\)-metric spaces. Some modifications of these results are obtained.