Fixed point theorems for a generalized almost \((\phi ,{\varphi})\)-contraction with respect to \(S\) in ordered metric spaces (Q387941)

Let \((X,d)\) be a metric space. A map \(T:X\rightarrow X\) is called a weak contraction (or an almost contraction), see \textit{V. Berinde} [Nonlinear Anal. Forum 9, No. 1, 43--53 (2004; Zbl 1078.47042)], if there exist a constant \(\delta\in (0,1)\) and some \(L\geq 0\) such that \[ d(Tx, Ty)\leq\delta\cdot d(x,y)+L d(y,Tx) \quad\text{for all}\;x,y\in X. \] This class of mappings has been intensively studied by various authors in the last ten years. In the paper under review, the authors consider a more general class of almost contractive type mappings, called generalised almost \((\phi,\varphi)\)-contractions, and establish fixed point and common fixed point theorems for this new class of mappings.