Distance in cone metric spaces and common fixed point theorems (Q550481)

Let \((X,d)\) be a cone metric space over a normal cone \(P\) in a real Banach space \(E\) in the sense of \textit{L.-G. Huang} and \textit{X. Zhang} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 332, No. 2, 1468--1476 (2007; Zbl 1118.54022)]. Let \(q:X\times X\to E\) satisfy the following properties: (q1)~\(\theta\preceq q(x,y)\) for all \(x,y\in X\); (q2)~\(q(x,z)\preceq q(x,y)+q(y,z)\) for all \(x,y,z\in X\); (q3)~if \(\{y_n\}\) is a sequence in \((X,d)\) converging to \(y\in X\) and for some \(x\in X\) and \(u=u_x\in P\), \(q(x,y_n)\preceq u\) for each \(n\geq1\), then \(q(x,y)\preceq u\); (q4)~for each \(c\in E\) with \(\theta\ll c\), there exists \(e\in E\) with \(\theta\ll e\), such that \(q(z,x)\ll e\) and \(q(z,y)\ll e\) imply \(d(x,y)\ll c\). The function \(q\) is called a \(c\)-distance in \((X,d)\) (this notion is a cone metric version of the notion of \(\omega\)-distance of \textit{O. Kada, T. Suzuki} and \textit{W. Takahashi} [Math.\ Japon.\ 44, No.\ 2, 381--391 (1996; Zbl 0897.54029)]). The authors prove the following common fixed point result in terms of a \(c\)-distance. Let \(a_i\in(0,1)\), \(i=1,2,3,4\) be constants with \(a_1+2a_2+a_3+a_4<1\) and let \(f,g:X\to X\) be two mappings satisfying the condition \(q(fx,fy)\preceq a_1q(gx,gy)+a_2q(gx,fy)+a_3q(gx,fx)+a_4q(gy,fy)\) for all \(x,y\in X\). Suppose that \(gX\subset fX\) and \(gX\) is a complete subset of \(X\). If \(f\) and \(g\) satisfy \(\inf\{\|q(fx,y)\|+\|q(gx,fy)\|+\|q(gx,fx)\|:x\in X\}>0\) for all \(y\in X\) with \(y\neq fy\) or \(y\neq gy\), then \(f\) and \(g\) have a common fixed point in~\(X\). No compatibility assumptions have to be used.