A viscosity of extragradient approximation method for finding equilibrium problems, variational inequalities and fixed point problems for nonexpansive mappings

In this paper, we investigate the problem for finding the set of solutions for equilibrium problems, the set of solutions of the variational inequalities for k-Lipschitz continuous mappings and fixed point problems for nonexpansive mappings in a Hilbert space. We introduce a new viscosity extragradient approximation method which is based on the so-called viscosity approximation method and extragradient method. We show that the sequence converges strongly to a common element of the above three sets under some parameters controlling conditions. Finally, we utilize our results to study some convergence problems for finding the zeros of maximal monotone operators. Our results are generalization and extension of the results of Kumam [P. Kumam, Strong convergence theorems by an extragradient method for solving variational inequalities and equilibrium problems in a Hilbert space, Turk. J. Math. 33 (2009) 85–98], Wangkeeree [R. Wangkeeree, An extragradient approximation method for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems of a countable family of nonexpansive mappings, Fixed Point Theory and Applications, 2008, Article ID 134148, 17 pages, doi:10.1155/2008/134148], Yao et al. [Y. Yao, Y.C. Liou, R. Chen, A general iterative method for an finite family of nonexpansive mappings, Nonlinear Analysis 69 (5–6) (2008) 1644–1654], Qin et al. [X. Qin, M. Shang, Y. Su, A general iterative method for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems in Hilbert spaces, Nonlinear Analysis (69) (2008) 3897–3909], and many others.     

Viscosity approximation methods for nonexpansive mappings and monotone mappings

Viscosity approximation methods for nonexpansive mappings are studied. Consider the iteration process {xn}, where x₀∈C is arbitrary and xn+1=αnf(xn)+(1−αn)SPC(xn−λnAxn), f is a contraction on C, S is a nonexpansive self-mapping of a closed convex subset C of a Hilbert space H. It is shown that {xn} converges strongly to a common element of the set of fixed points of nonexpansive mapping and the set of solutions of the variational inequality for an inverse strongly-monotone mapping which solves some variational inequality.     

Three-step iterations for variational inequalities and nonexpansive mappings

In this paper, we introduce a new three-step iterative scheme for finding the common element of the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping and the set of solutions of the variational inequality using the technique of updating the solution. We show that the sequence converges strongly to a common element of two sets under some control conditions. Results proved in this paper may be viewed as an improvement and refinement of the recent results of Noor and Huang [M. Aslam Noor, Z. Huang, Three-step methods for nonexpansive mappings and variational inequalities, Appl. Math. Comput., in press] and Yao and Yao [Y. Yao, J.C. Yao, On modified iterative method for nonexpansive mappings and monotone mappings, Appl. Math. Comput., in press].     

Viscosity approximation methods for generalized equilibrium problems and fixed point problems

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the problem of finding a common element of the set of solutions of a generalized equilibrium problem (for short, GEP) and the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping in the setting of Hilbert spaces. By using well-known Fan-KKM lemma, we derive the existence and uniqueness of a solution of the auxiliary problem for GEP. On account of this result and Nadler’s theorem, we propose an iterative scheme by the viscosity approximation method for finding a common element of the set of solutions of GEP and the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping. Furthermore, it is proven that the sequences generated by this iterative scheme converge strongly to a common element of the set of solutions of GEP and the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping.     

A hybrid approximation method for equilibrium and fixed point problems for a monotone mapping and a nonexpansive mapping

The purpose of this paper is to present an iterative scheme by a hybrid method for finding a common element of the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping, the set of solutions of an equilibrium problem and the set of solutions of the variational inequality for α-inverse-strongly monotone mappings in the framework of a Hilbert space. We show that the iterative sequence converges strongly to a common element of the above three sets under appropriate conditions. Additionally, the idea of our results are applied to find a zero of a maximal monotone operator and a strictly pseudocontractive mapping in a real Hilbert space.     

Strong convergence theorems by hybrid methods for a finite family of nonexpansive mappings and inverse-strongly monotone mappings

In this paper, we introduce and study an iterative scheme by a hybrid method for finding a common element of the set of solutions of an equilibrium problem, the set of common fixed points of a finite family of nonexpansive mappings and the set of solutions of the variational inequality for an inverse-strongly-monotone mapping in a real Hilbert space. Then, we prove that the iterative sequence converges strongly to a common element of the three sets. Using this result, we consider the problem of finding a common fixed point of a finite family of nonexpansive mappings and a strictly pseudocontractive mapping and the problem of finding a common element of the set of common fixed points of a finite family of nonexpansive mappings and the set of zeros of an inverse-strongly monotone mapping. The results obtained in this paper extend and improve the several recent results in this area.     

Weak convergence theorem for monotone mappings and a countable family of nonexpansive mappings

In this paper, we introduce an iterative process for finding the common element of the set of common fixed points of a countable family of nonexpansive mappings and the set of solutions of the variational inequality problem for an α$\alpha$-inverse-strongly-monotone mapping. We obtain a weak convergence theorem for a sequence generated by this process. Moreover, we apply our result to the problem for finding a common element of the set of equilibrium problems and the set of solutions of the variational inequality problem of a monotone mapping.     

Strong convergence theorems for nonexpansive mappings and nonexpansive semigroups

In this paper, we show strong convergence theorems for nonexpansive mappings and nonexpansive semigroups in Hilbert spaces by the hybrid method in the mathematical programming.     

Monotone CQ iteration processes for nonexpansive semigroups and maximal monotone operators

Nakajo and Takahashi [K. Nakajo, W. Takahashi, Strong convergence theorems for nonexpansive mappings and nonexpansive semigroups, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 279 (2003) 372–379] proved strong convergence theorems for nonexpansive mappings, nonexpansive semigroups and the proximal point algorithm for zero-point of monotone operators in Hilbert spaces by the CQ iteration method. The purpose of this paper is to modify the CQ iteration method of K. Nakajo and W. Takahashi using the monotone CQ method, and to prove strong convergence theorems. In the proof process of this article, the Cauchy sequence method is used, so we proceed without use of the demiclosedness principle and Opial’s condition, and other weak topological techniques.     

Viscosity approximation methods for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems in Hilbert spaces

In this paper, we introduce an iterative scheme by the viscosity approximation method for finding a common element of the set of solutions of an equilibrium problem and the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping in a Hilbert space. Then, we prove a strong convergence theorem which is connected with Combettes and Hirstoaga's result [P.L. Combettes, S.A. Hirstoaga, Equilibrium programming in Hilbert spaces, J. Nonlinear Convex Anal. 6 (2005) 117-136] and Wittmann's result [R. Wittmann, Approximation of fixed points of nonexpansive mappings, Arch. Math. 58 (1992) 486-491]. Using this result, we obtain two corollaries which improve and extend their results.     

Strong convergence of the iterative scheme based on the extragradient method for mixed equilibrium problems and fixed point problems of an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings

In this paper, we introduce an iterative scheme based on the extragradient approximation method for finding a common element of the set of common fixed points of a countable family of nonexpansive mappings, the set of solutions of a mixed equilibrium problem, and the set of solutions of the variational inequality problem for a monotone L-Lipschitz continuous mapping in a real Hilbert space. Then, the strong convergence theorem is proved under some parameters controlling conditions. Applications to optimization problems are given. The results obtained in this paper improve and extend the recent ones announced by Wangkeeree [R. Wangkeeree, An extragradient approximation method for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems of a countable family of nonexpansive mappings, Fixed Point Theory and Applications (2008) 17. doi:10.1155/2008/134148. Article ID 134148], Kumam and Katchang [P. Kumam, P. Katchang, A viscosity of extragradient approximation method for finding equilibrium problems, variational inequalities and fixed point problems for nonexpansive mappings, Nonlinear Anal. Hybrid Syst. (2009) doi:10.1016/j.nahs.2009.03.006] and many others.     

Viscosity approximation methods for nonexpansive nonself-mappings

Let E a real reflexive Banach space which admits a weakly sequentially continuous duality mapping from E to E^∗, and K be a closed convex subset of E which is also a sunny nonexpansive retract of E, and be nonexpansive mappings satisfying the weakly inward condition and F(T)≠∅, and be a fixed contractive mapping. The implicit iterative sequence {xt} is defined by for t∈(0,1)

xt=P(tf(xt)+(1−t)Txt).     

A general iterative method for nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert spaces

Let H be a real Hilbert space. Consider on H a nonexpansive mapping T with a fixed point, a contraction f with coefficient 0<α<1, and a strongly positive linear bounded operator A with coefficient . Let . It is proved that the sequence {xn} generated by the iterative method xn+1=(I−αnA)Txn+αnγf(xn) converges strongly to a fixed point which solves the variational inequality for x∈Fix(T).     

An iterative approximation method for solving a general system of variational inequality problems and mixed equilibrium problems

In this paper, we introduce an iterative algorithm for finding a common element of the set of solutions of a mixed equilibrium problem, the set of fixed points of an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings and the set of solutions of a general system of variational inequalities for a cocoercive mapping in a real Hilbert space. Furthermore, we prove that the proposed iterative algorithm converges strongly to a common element of the above three sets. Our results extend and improve the corresponding results of Ceng, Wang, and Yao [L.C. Ceng, C.Y. Wang, J.C. Yao, Strong convergence theorems by a relaxed extragradient method for a general system of variational inequalities, Math. Methods Oper. Res. 67 (2008) 375–390], Ceng and Yao [L.C. Ceng, J.C. Yao, A hybrid iterative scheme for mixed equilibrium problems and fixed point problems, J. Comput. Appl. Math. doi:10.1016/j.cam.2007.02.022], Takahashi and Takahashi [S. Takahashi, W. Takahashi, Viscosity approximation methods for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems in Hilbert spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 331 (2007) 506–515] and many others.     

Hybrid iterative scheme by a relaxed extragradient method for solutions of equilibrium problems and a general system of variational inequalities with application to optimization

In this paper, we introduce a new iterative process for finding the common element of the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping, the set of solutions of an equilibrium problem and the solutions of the variational inequality problem for two inverse-strongly monotone mappings. We introduce a new viscosity relaxed extragradient approximation method which is based on the so-called relaxed extragradient method and the viscosity approximation method. We show that the sequence converges strongly to a common element of the above three sets under some parametric controlling conditions. Moreover, using the above theorem, we can apply to finding solutions of a general system of variational inequality and a zero of a maximal monotone operator in a real Hilbert space. The results of this paper extended, improved and connected with the results of Ceng et al., [L.-C. Ceng, C.-Y. Wang, J.-C. Yao, Strong convergence theorems by a relaxed extragradient method for a general system of variational inequalities, Math. Meth. Oper. Res. 67 (2008), 375–390], Plubtieng and Punpaeng, [S. Plubtieng, R. Punpaeng, A new iterative method for equilibrium problems and fixed point problems of nonexpansive mappings and monotone mappings, Appl. Math. Comput. 197 (2) (2008) 548–558] Su et al., [Y. Su, et al., An iterative method of solution for equilibrium and optimization problems, Nonlinear Anal. 69 (8) (2008) 2709–2719], Li and Song [Liwei Li, W. Song, A hybrid of the extragradient method and proximal point algorithm for inverse strongly monotone operators and maximal monotone operators in Banach spaces, Nonlinear Anal.: Hybrid Syst. 1 (3) (2007), 398-413] and many others.     

Viscosity approximation to common fixed points of a nonexpansive semigroup with a generalized contraction mapping

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and construct the implicit and explicit viscosity iterative processes by a generalized contraction mapping f and a nonexpansive semigroup {T(t):t0}, and to prove that under suitable conditions these iterative processes converge strongly to a unique common fixed point of {T(t):t0} in reflexive Banach spaces which admits a weakly sequentially continuous duality mapping.     

Some results on generalized equilibrium problems involving a family of nonexpansive mappings

In this paper, we introduce an iterative method for finding a common element in the solution set of generalized equilibrium problems, in the solution set of variational inequalities and in the common fixed point set of a family of nonexpansive mappings. Strong convergence theorems are established in the framework of Hilbert spaces.     

An extragradient iterative scheme by viscosity approximation methods for fixed point problems and variational inequality problems

In this paper, we introduce a new iterative process for finding the common element of the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping and the set of solutions of the variational inequality problem for an α-inverse-strongly-monotone, by combining an modified extragradient scheme with the viscosity approximation method. We prove a strong convergence theorem for the sequences generated by this new iterative process.      

Iterative algorithms for finding common solutions of variational inequalities and systems of equilibrium problems and fixed points of families and semigroups of nonexpansive mappings

We introduce iterative algorithms for finding a common element of the set of solutions of a system of equilibrium problems and of the set of fixed points of a finite family and a left amenable semigroup of nonexpansive mappings in a Hilbert space. We prove the strong convergence of the proposed iterative algorithm to the unique solution of a variational inequality, which is the optimality condition for a minimization problem. Our results extend, for example, the recent result of [V. Colao, G. Marino, H.K. Xu, An Iterative Method for finding common solutions of equilibrium and fixed point problems, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 344 (2008) 340–352] to systems of equilibrium problems.     

Strong convergence of a general iterative algorithm for equilibrium problems and variational inequality problems

The purpose of this paper is to study the strong convergence of a general iterative scheme to find a common element of the set of common fixed points of a finite family of nonexpansive mappings, the set of solutions of variation inequalities for a relaxed cocoercive mapping and the set of solutions of an equilibrium problem. Our results extend recent results announced by many others.