Existence Solutions of Vector Equilibrium Problems and Fixed Point of Multivalued Mappings
Abstract
Let K be a nonempty compact convex subset of a topological vector space. In this paper-sufficient conditions are given for the existence of x ∈ K such that F(T)∩VEP(F) ≠ ∅, where F(T) is the set of all fixed points of the multivalued mapping T and VEP(F) is the set of all solutions for vector equilibrium problem of the vector-valued mapping F. This leads us to generalize and improve some existence results in the recent references.
1. Introduction
Let X be a Hausdorff topological vector space, a fixed point of such a multi-valued mapping T : X → 2X, where 2X denotes, the family of subsets of X means a point p in X such that p ∈ T(p) and the set of all fixed points of T is denoted by F(T). The study of fixed point theorems of multi-valued mappings started from von Neumann [1] in case of continuous mappings to multi-valued mappings. Since then, various notions of the fixed point theorems for the multi-valued mappings have been studied in [2–4]. Recently, the fixed point theorems for multi-valued mapping were generalized and improved by many authors: see, for example, [5–10].
From our mentions on the importance of the fixed point theorems and the equilibrium problems, we have an inspired question to find when the set of the solution of both problems will have a joint solution, not an empty set.
The main purpose of this paper, we provide sufficient conditions and prove the existence solutions of intersection between the set of all fixed points of the multi-valued mapping and the set of all solutions for vector equilibrium problem by using the generalization of the Fan-Browder fixed point theorem. We also study the existence solutions of intersection between the set of all fixed points of the multi-valued mapping and the set of all solutions for vector variational inequality. Consequently, our results extend the existence theorems of vector quasi-equilibrium problems and vector quasi-variational inequalities.
2. Preliminaries
Throughout this paper, unless otherwise specified, we assume that X, and Y are Hausdorff topological vector spaces, K is a nonempty convex subset of X and C is a pointed closed convex cone in Y with int C ≠ ∅. From problem (2), some special cases are as follows.
Definition 1 (see [28].)Let X and Y be topological vector spaces. Let K be a nonempty subset of X and C be a point closed convex cone in Y with int C ≠ ∅, where int C denotes the topological interior of C. A bifunction F : K × K → Y is said to be C-strongly pseudomonotone if, for any x, y ∈ K,
Remark 2. If Y = ℝ and C = [0, ∞), then
- (1)
the C-strongly pseudomonotonicity of F : K × K → Y reduces to the monotonicity of F : K × K → ℝ (i.e., F(x, y) + F(y, x) ≤ 0 for all x, y ∈ K). In fact, F(x, y)∉−C∖{0}⇔F(x, y) ≥ 0, this implies that −F(y, x) ≥ 0 and it is equivalence to F(y, x)∈−C;
- (2)
the C-convexity of f : K → Y reduces to the convexity of f : K → ℝ (i.e., f(λx + (1 − λ)y) ≤ λf(x)+(1 − λ)f(y)).
Definition 3 (see [29].)Let X be a topological space and let Y be a set. A map T : X → 2Y is said to have the local intersection property if for each x ∈ X with T(x) ≠ ∅ there exists an open neighborhood V(x) of x such that ⋂z∈V(x) T(z) ≠ ∅.
The following lemma is useful in what follows and can be found in [30].
Lemma 4. Let X be a topological space and let Y be a set. Let T : X → 2Y be a map with nonempty values. Then, the following are equivalent.
- (i)
T has the local intersection property.
- (ii)
There exists a map F : X → 2Y s.t. F(x) ⊂ T(x) for each x ∈ X, F−1(y) is open for each y ∈ Y and X = ⋃y∈Y F−1(y).
Subsequently, Browder [2] obtained in 1986 the following fixed point theorem.
Theorem 5 (Fan-Browder fixed point theorem). Let X be a nonempty compact convex subset of a Hausdorff topological vector space and T : X → 2X be a map with nonempty convex values and open fibers (i.e., for y ∈ Y, T−1(y) is called the fiber of T on y). Then T has a fixed point.
The generalization of the Fan-Browder fixed point theorem was obtained by Balaj and Muresan [31] in 2005 as follows.
Theorem 6. Let X be a compact convex subset of a t.v.s and T : X → 2X be a map with nonempty convex values having the local intersection property. Then T has a fixed point.
3. Main Theorem
In this section, the existence solutions of the fixed point for multi-valued mappings and the vector equilibrium problems will be presented. To do this, the following lemma is necessary.
Lemma 7. Let K be a nonempty and convex subset of X. Let T : K → 2K be a set-valued mapping such that for any x ∈ K, T(x) is nonempty convex subset of K. Assume that F : K × K → Y be a hemicontinuous in the first argument, C-convex in the second argument, and C-strong pseudomonotone. Then the following statements are equivalent.
- (i)
Find x ∈ K such that x ∈ T(x) and F(x, y) ∉ −C∖{0} ∀ y ∈ K.
- (ii)
Find x ∈ K such that x ∈ T(x) and F(y, x) ∈ −C ∀ y ∈ K.
Proof. (i)→(ii) It is clear by the C-strong pseudomonotone.
(ii)→(i) Let x ∈ K such that
Theorem 8. Let K be a nonempty compact convex subset of X and let F : K × K → Y be a C-strong pseudomonotone, hemicontinuous in the first argument and C-convex, l.s.c. in the second argument such that 0 = F(x, x) for all x ∈ K. Let T : K → 2K be a set-valued mapping such that for any x ∈ K, T(x) is nonempty convex subset of K and for any y ∈ K, T−1(y) is open in K. Assume the set P : = {x ∈ X∣x ∈ T(x)} is open in K and for any x ∈ K, T(x)∩{y ∈ K | F(y, x)∉−C} ≠ ∅. Then F(T)∩ VEP (F) ≠ ∅.
Proof. For any x ∈ K, we define the set-valued mapping A, B : K → 2K by
By the defining of H, we see that H has no fixed point Indeed, suppose that there is x ∈ K such that x ∈ H(x). It is impossible for x ∈ K∖P, then x ∈ P and so x ∈ B(x). Thus F(x, x)∈−C∖{0}, a contradiction with 0 = F(x, x). Using the contrapositive of Theorem 6, we obtain that H has no local intersection property. Define the set-valued mapping G : K → 2K by
The following example guarantees the assumption that the set T(x)∩A(x) ≠ ∅, where A(x) = {y ∈ KF(y, x) ∉ −C}.
Example 9. Let X, Y = ℝ, K = [−1,1], and C = [0, ∞). For any x, y ∈ K, we define two mappings F : K × K → 2Y and T : K → 2K by
Note that

Taking T(x) ≡ K for all x ∈ K in Theorem 8, we have the following results.
Corollary 10. Let K be a nonempty compact convex subset of X and F : K × K → Y be a C-strong pseudomonotone, hemicontinuous in the first argument and C-convex, l.s.c. in the second argument such that 0 = F(x, x) for all x ∈ K. Then, VEP has a solution.
If we set the vector-valued mapping F ≡ 0, then Theorem 8 reduces to the following corollary introduced by Browder (see [2, Theorem 1]).
Corollary 11. Let K be a nonempty compact convex subset of X. Let T : K → 2K be a set-valued mapping such that for any x ∈ K, T(x) is a nonempty convex subset of K and for any y ∈ K, T−1(y) is open in K. Then there exists in K such that .
If we set Y = ℝ and C = [0, ∞) in Theorem 8 together with Remark 2, we have the following result.
Corollary 12. Let K be a nonempty compact convex subset of X and let F : K × K → ℝ be a monotone, hemicontinuous in the first argument and convex, l.s.c. in the second argument such that 0 = F(x, x) for all x ∈ K. Let T : K → 2K be a set-valued mapping such that for any x ∈ K, T(x) is a nonempty convex subset of K and for any y ∈ K, T−1(y) is open in K. Assume the set P : = {x ∈ X∣x ∈ T(x)} is open in K and for any x ∈ K, T(x)∩{y ∈ K∣F(y, x) > 0} ≠ ∅. Then F(T)∩EP (F) ≠ ∅.
As a direct consequence of Theorem 8, we obtain the following result.
Theorem 13. Let K be a nonempty compact convex subset of X and let A : K → L(X, Y) be a C-strong pseudomonotone and hemicontinuous. Let T : K → 2K be a set-valued mapping such that for any x ∈ K, T(x) is nonempty convex subset of K and for any y ∈ K, T−1(y) is open in K. Assume the set P : = {x ∈ X | x ∈ T(x)} is open in K and for any x ∈ K, T(x)∩{y ∈ K | 〈A(y), x − y〉∉−C} ≠ ∅. Then there exists such that
Proof. We define the vector value mapping F : K × K → Y by
Next, we will show that F is l.s.c. in the second argument. Let x ∈ K be fixed. Let y0 ∈ K and N be a neighborhood of F(x, y0). Since the linear operator Ax is continuous, there exists an open neighborhood M of y0 such that for all y ∈ M, 〈Ax, y − x〉 ∈ N because N is a neighborhood of 〈Ax, y0 − x〉. Thus for all y ∈ M, F(x, y) ∈ N. Hence, F is continuous in the second argument and so it is l.s.c. in the second argument. Then all hypotheses of the Theorem 8 hold and hence, there exists such that
If we take T(x) ≡ K for all x ∈ K in Theorem 13, we have the following corollary.
Corollary 14. Let K be a nonempty compact convex subset of X and let A : K → L(X, Y) be a C-strong pseudomonotone and hemicontinuous. Then, VVI has a solution.
If we set Y = ℝ and C = [0, ∞) in Theorem 13, we have the following result.
Corollary 15. Let K be a nonempty compact convex subset of X and let A : K → L(X, ℝ) be a monotone and hemicontinuous in the first argument. Let T : K → 2K be a set-valued mapping such that for any x ∈ K, T(x) is a nonempty convex subset of K and for any y ∈ K, T−1(y) is open in K. Assume the set P : = {x ∈ X∣x ∈ T(x)} is open in K and for any x ∈ K, T(x)∩{y ∈ K∣〈A(y), x − y〉>0} ≠ ∅. Then F(T)∩VI (K, A) ≠ ∅.
Acknowledgment
The first author would like to thank the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Thailand for supporting by a grant fund under the program Strategic Scholarships for the Join Ph.D. Program Thai Doctoral degree for this research under Grant CHE-Ph.D.-SW-RG/41/2550, Thailand.