Asymptotic pointwise contractions (Q960230)

Let \(K\) be a weakly compact convex subset of a Banach space. Then, largely follwing \textit{L.\,P.\thinspace Belluce} and \textit{W.\,A.\thinspace Kirk} [Proc.\ Am.\ Math.\ Soc.\ 20, 141--146 (1969; Zbl 0165.16801)] and \textit{W.\,A.\thinspace Kirk} [J.~Math.\ Anal.\ Appl.\ 277, No.\,2, 645--650 (2003; Zbl 1022.47036)], a mapping \(T: K \rightarrow K\) is called an asymptotic pointwise contraction (APC) if there exists a function \(\alpha:K\rightarrow [0,1)\) such that, for each integer \(n\geq 1\), \[ \|T^{n}x - T^{n}y\|\leq \alpha_{n}(x) \| x - y \|, \] for each \(x, y \in K\), where \(\alpha_{n} \rightarrow \alpha\) pointwise on \(K\). The principal result of this paper states that an APC \(T\) has a unique fixed point in \(K\), and the Picard sequence of iterates of \(T\) converges to the fixed point. Further, the authors extend this result to pointwise asymptotically nonexpansive mappings \(T: K \rightarrow K\) when \(K\) is a bounded closed convex subset of a uniformly convex Banach space. Two new questions are also posed.