Common Fixed Point Results for Occasionally Weakly Compatible Maps in G-Symmetric Spaces

Kanayo Stella Eke, Johnson Olaleru

Department of Computer and Information Science/Mathematics, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Department of Mathematics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2014.54071                

Abstract

The notion of a G-symmetric space is introduced and the common fixed points for some pairs of occasionally weakly compatible maps satisfying some contractive conditions in a G-symmetric space are proved. The results extend and improve some results in literature.

Keywords

Common Fixed Points; Generalized Contractive Mappings; Occasionally Weakly Compatible Maps; Compatible Maps; (E-A) Property; G-Symmetric Spaces

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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