Stability of coincidence points and properties of covering mappings (Q736217)

Let \((X,d_X)\) and \((Y,d_Y)\) be two metric spaces. Denote by \(B_X(x,r)\) the closed ball in \(X\) of radius \(r\) centred at a point \(x\) and similar in the space \(Y\). For an arbitrary subset \(M\subset Y\), write \(B_Y(M,r)= \bigcup\{B_Y(y,r): y\in M\}\). Let \(\alpha> 0\). A set-valued mapping \(\psi: X\to Y\) is said to be \(\alpha\)-covering if \(\psi(B_X(x,r))\supset B_Y(\psi(x),\alpha r)\), \(r> 0\), \(\forall x\in X\). A set-valued mapping is said to be \(\beta\)-Lipschitzian if satisfies the Lipschitz condition with respect to the generalized Hausdorff metric with constant \(\beta\). In this paper, under quite general assumptions, it is proved that, if a given \(\alpha\)-covering mapping and a mapping satisfying the Lipschitz condition with constant \(\beta<\alpha\) have a coincidence point, then this point is stable under small perturbations (with respect to the Hausdorff metric) of these mappings. The structure of the set of coincidence points of an \(\alpha\)-covering and a Lipschitzian mapping is studied.