Perimetric Contraction on Polygons and Related Fixed Point Theorems

Abstract: In the present paper, a new type of mappings called perimetric contractions on $k$-polygons is introduced. These contractions can be viewed as a generalization of mappings that contracts perimeters of triangles. A fixed point theorem for this type of mappings in a complete metric space is established. Achieving a fixed point necessitates the avoidance of periodic points of prime period $2,3,\cdots, k-1$. The class of contraction mappings is encompassed by perimeter-based mappings, leading to the recovery of Banach's fixed point theorem as a direct outcome from our main result. A sufficient condition to guarantee the uniqueness of the fixed point is also provided. Moreover, we introduce the Kannan type perimetric contractions on $k$-polygons, establishing a fixed point theorem and a sufficient uniqueness condition. The relationship between these contractions, generalized Kannan type mappings, and mappings contracting the perimeters on $k$-polygons is investigated. Several examples are illustrated to support the validity of our main results.