Fixed point theorems for Kannan type mappings with applications to split feasibility and variational inequality problems

Abstract: The aim of this paper in to introduce a large class of mappings, called {\it enriched Kannan mappings}, that includes all Kannan mappings and some nonexpansive mappings. We study the set of fixed points and prove a convergence theorem for Kransnoselskij iteration used to approximate fixed points of enriched Kannan mappings in Banach spaces. We then extend further these mappings to the class of enriched Bianchini mappings. Examples to illustrate the effectiveness of our results are also given. As applications of our main fixed point theorems, we present two Kransnoselskij projection type algorithms for solving split feasibility problems and variational inequality problems in the class of enriched Kannan mappings and enriched Bianchini mappings, respectively.