Some fixed point theorems for ordered Reich type contractions in cone rectangular metric spaces (Q2850106)

A cone metric space is a generalization of metric spaces in which \(\langle 0,\infty)\) is replaced with a positive cone in a real Banach space. Spaces in which the triangle inequality has been replaced with an inequality involving four points were studied in \textit{A. Branciari} [Publ. Math. Debrecen 57, 31--37 (2000; Zbl 0963.54031)]. Putting these two concepts together, one obtains cone rectangular metric spaces. In the paper under review, some fixed point theorems for self-mappings in such spaces are proved. This generalizes recent results on the Banach contraction principle on cone rectangular metric spaces due to \textit{A. Azam, M. Arshad} and \textit{I. Beg} [Appl. Anal. Discrete Math. 3, 236--241 (2009; Zbl 1274.54113)].