Bulletin of Mathematical Analysis and Applications ISSN: 1821-1291, URL: http://www.bmathaa.org Volume 3 Issue 1(2011), Pages 89-101. THREE-STEP ITERATION PROCESS FOR A FINITE FAMILY OF ASYMPTOTICALLY QUASI-NONEXPANSIVE MAPPINGS IN THE INTERMEDIATE SENSE IN CONVEX METRIC SPACES (COMMUNICATED BY DANIEL PELLEGRINO) G. S. SALUJA Abstract. The purpose of this paper is to establish some strong convergence theorems of three-step iteration process with errors for approximating common fixed points for a finite family of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in the intermediate sense in the setting of convex metric spaces. The results obtained in this paper generalize, improve and unify some main results of [1]-[7], [9]-[11], [13]-[17], [19] and [21]. 1. Introduction Throughout this paper, we assume that E is a metric space, F (Ti ) = {x ∈ E : Ti x = x} is the set of all fixed points of the mappings Ti (i = 1, 2, . . . , N ), D(T ) is the domain of T and N is the set of all positive integers. The set of common fixed points of Ti (i = 1, 2, . . . , N ) denoted by F , that is, F = ∩N i=1 F (Ti ). Definition 1. ([1]) Let T : D(T ) ⊂ E → E be a mapping. (i) The mapping T is said to be L-Lipschitzian if there exists a constant L > 0 such that d(T x, T y) ≤ Ld(x, y), ∀x, y ∈ D(T ). (1.1) (ii) The mapping T is said to be nonexpansive if d(T x, T y) ≤ d(x, y), ∀x, y ∈ D(T ). (1.2) 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 47H09, 47H10. Key words and phrases. Asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mapping in the intermediate sense, three-step iteration process with errors, common fixed point, strong convergence, convex metric space. c 2011 Universiteti i Prishtinës, Prishtinë, Kosovë. Submitted July 29, 2010. Published January 25, 2011. 89 90 G. S. SALUJA (iii) The mapping T is said to be quasi-nonexpansive if F (T ) 6= ∅ and d(T x, p) ≤ d(x, p), ∀x ∈ D(T ), ∀p ∈ F (T ). (1.3) (iv) The mapping T is said to be asymptotically nonexpansive if there exists a sequence {kn } ⊂ [1, ∞) with limn→∞ kn = 1 such that d(T n x, T n y) ≤ kn d(x, y), ∀x, y ∈ D(T ), ∀n ∈ N. (1.4) (v) The mapping T is said to be asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive if F (T ) 6= ∅ and there exists a sequence {kn } ⊂ [1, ∞) with limn→∞ kn = 1 such that d(T n x, p) ≤ kn d(x, p), ∀x ∈ D(T ), ∀p ∈ F (T ), ∀n ∈ N. (1.5) (vi) T is said to be asymptotically nonexpansive type, if ( lim sup sup n→∞ x,y∈D(T ) n n d(T x, T y) − d(x, y) ) ≤ 0. (1.6) (vii) T is said to be asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive type, if F (T ) 6= ∅ and ( lim sup sup n→∞ x∈D(T ), p∈F (T ) d(T x, p) − d(x, p) n ) ≤ 0. (1.7) Remark 1. It is easy to see that if F (T ) is nonempty, then nonexpansive mapping, quasi-nonexpansive mapping, asymptotically nonexpansive mapping, asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mapping and asymptotically nonexpansive type mapping all are the special cases of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive type mappings. Now, we define asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mapping in the intermediate sense in convex metric space. T is said be asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mapping in the intermediate sense provided that T is uniformly continuous and ( ) n lim sup sup d(T x, p) − d(x, p) ≤ 0. (1.8) n→∞ x∈D(T ), p∈F (T ) In recent years, the problem concerning convergence of iterative sequences (and sequences with errors) for asymptotically nonexpansive mappings or asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings converging to some fixed points in Hilbert spaces or Banach spaces have been considered by many authors. In 1973, Petryshyn and Williamson [13] obtained a necessary and sufficient condition for Picard iterative sequences and Mann iterative sequences to converge to a fixed point for quasi-nonexpansive mappings. In 1994, Tan and Xu [16] also proved THREE-STEP ITERATION PROCESS FOR A. . . . . . 91 some convergence theorems of Ishikawa iterative sequences satisfying Opial’s condition [12] or having Frečhet differential norm. In 1997, Ghosh and Debnath [4] extended the result of Petryshyn and Williamson [13] and gave a necessary and sufficient condition for Ishikawa iterative sequences to converge to a fixed point of quasi-nonexpansive mappings. Also in 2001 and 2002, Liu [9, 10, 11] obtained some necessary and sufficient conditions for Ishikawa iterative sequences or Ishikawa iterative sequences with errors to converge to a fixed point for asymptotically quasinonexpansive mappings. In 2004, Chang et al. [1] extended and improved the result of Liu [11] in convex metric space. Further in the same year, Kim et al. [7] gave a necessary and sufficient conditions for asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in convex metric spaces which generalized and improved some previous known results. Very recently, Tian and Yang [18] gave some necessary and sufficient conditions for a new Noor-type iterative sequences with errors to approximate a common fixed point for a finite family of uniformly quasi-Lipschitzian mappings in convex metric spaces. The purpose of this paper is to establish some strong convergence theorems of three-step iteration process with errors to approximate a common fixed point for a finite family of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in the intermediate sense in the setting of convex metric spaces. The results obtained in this paper generalize, improve and unify some main results of [1]-[7], [9]-[11], [13]-[17], [19] and [21]. Let T be a given self mapping of a nonempty convex subset C of an arbitrary normed space. The sequence {xn }∞ n=0 defined by: x0 ∈ C, xn+1 = αn xn + βn T yn + γn un , n ≥ 0, yn = an xn + bn T zn + cn vn , zn = dn xn + en T xn + fn wn , (1.9) is called the Noor-type iterative procedure with errors [2], where αn , βn , γn , an , bn , cn , dn , en and fn are appropriate sequences in [0, 1] with αn + βn + γn = an + bn + cn = dn + en + fn = 1, n ≥ 0 and {un }, {vn } and {wn } are bounded sequences in C. If dn = 1(en = fn = 0), n ≥ 0, then (1.9) reduces to the Ishikawa iterative procedure with errors [20] defined as follows: x0 ∈ C, xn+1 yn = αn xn + βn T yn + γn un , n ≥ 0, (1.10) = an xn + bn T xn + cn vn . If an = 1(bn = cn = 0), then (1.10) reduces to the following Mann type iterative procedure with errors [20]: x0 ∈ C, xn+1 = αn xn + βn T yn + γn un , n ≥ 0. (1.11) 92 G. S. SALUJA For the sake of convenience, we first recall some definitions and notation. Definition 2. (see [1]): Let (E, d) be a metric space and I = [0, 1]. A mapping W : E 3 × I 3 → E is said to be a convex structure on E if it satisfies the following condition: d(u, W (x, y, z; α, β, γ)) ≤ αd(u, x) + βd(u, y) + γd(u, z), for any u, x, y, z ∈ E and for any α, β, γ ∈ I with α + β + γ = 1. If (E, d) is a metric space with a convex structure W , then (E, d) is called a convex metric space and is denoted by (E, d, W ). Let (E, d) be a convex metric space, a nonempty subset C of E is said to be convex if W (x, y, z, λ1 , λ2 , λ3 ) ∈ C, ∀(x, y, z, λ1 , λ2 , λ3 ) ∈ C 3 × I 3 . Remark 2. It is easy to prove that every linear normed space is a convex metric space with a convex structure W (x, y, z; α, β, γ) = αx + βy + γz, for all x, y, z ∈ E and α, β, γ ∈ I with α + β + γ = 1. But there exist some convex metric spaces which can not be embedded into any linear normed spaces (see, Takahashi [15]). Definition 3. Let (E, d, W ) be a convex metric space and Ti : E → E be a finite family of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in the intermediate sense with i = 1, 2, . . . , N . Let {αn }, {βn }, {γn }, {an }, {bn }, {cn }, {dn }, {en } and {fn } be nine sequences in [0, 1] with αn + βn + γn = an + bn + cn = dn + en + fn = 1, n = 0, 1, 2, . . . . (1.12) For a given x0 ∈ E, define a sequence {xn } as follows: xn+1 = W (xn , Tnn yn , un ; αn , βn , γn ), n ≥ 0, yn = W (g(xn ), Tnn zn , vn ; an , bn , cn ), zn = W (g(xn ), Tnn xn , wn ; dn , en , fn ), (1.13) n where Tnn = Tn(mod N ) , g : E → E is a Lipschitz continuous mapping with a Lipschitz constant ξ > 0 and {un }, {vn }, {wn } are any given three sequences in E. Then {xn } is called the Noor-type iterative sequence with errors for a finite family of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive type mappings {Ti }N i=1 . If g = I (the identity mapping on E) in (1.13), then the sequence {xn } defined by (1.13) can be written as follows: xn+1 = W (xn , Tnn yn , un ; αn , βn , γn ), n ≥ 0, yn = W (xn , Tnn zn , vn ; an , bn , cn ), zn = W (xn , Tnn xn , wn ; dn , en , fn ), (1.14) THREE-STEP ITERATION PROCESS FOR A. . . . . . 93 If dn = 1(en = fn = 0) for all n ≥ 0 in (1.13), then zn = g(xn ) for all n ≥ 0 and the sequence {xn } defined by (1.13) can be written as follows: xn+1 yn = W (xn , Tnn yn , un ; αn , βn , γn ), n ≥ 0, = W (g(xn ), Tnn g(xn ), vn ; an , bn , cn ). (1.15) If g = I and dn = 1(en = fn = 0) for all n ≥ 0, then the sequence {xn } defined by (1.13) can be written as follows: xn+1 yn = W (xn , Tnn yn , un ; αn , βn , γn ), n ≥ 0, = W (xn , Tnn xn , vn ; an , bn , cn ), (1.16) which is the Ishikawa type iterative sequence with errors considered in [17]. Further, if g = I and dn = an = 1(en = fn = bn = cn = 0) for all n ≥ 0, then zn = yn = xn for all n ≥ 0 and (1.13) reduces to the following Mann type iterative sequence with errors [17]: xn+1 = W (xn , Tnn xn , un ; αn , βn , γn ), n ≥ 0. (1.17) Lemma 1.1. (see [10]): Let {pn }, {qn }, {rn } be three nonnegative sequences of real numbers satisfying the following conditions: pn+1 ≤ (1 + qn )pn + rn , n ≥ 0, ∞ X qn < ∞, ∞ X rn < ∞. (1.18) n=0 n=0 Then (1) limn→∞ pn exists. (2) In addition, if lim inf n→∞ pn = 0, then limn→∞ pn = 0. 2. Main Results Now we state and prove our main results of this paper. Lemma 2.1. Let (E, d, W ) be a complete convex metric space and C be a nonempty closed convex subset of E. Let Ti : C → C be a finite family of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in the intermediate sense for i = 1, 2, . . . , N such that F = ∩N i=1 F (Ti ) 6= ∅ and g : C → C a contractive mapping with a contractive constant ξ ∈ (0, 1). Put n Gn = max sup d(Tnn xn , p) − d(xn , p) ∨ sup d(Tnn yn , p) − d(yn , p) p∈F, n≥0 p∈F, n≥0 ∨ sup p∈F, n≥0 d(Tnn zn , p) o − d(zn , p) ∨ 0 , (2.1) P∞ such that n=0 Gn < ∞. Let {xn } be the iterative sequence with errors defined by (1.13) and {un }, {vn }, {wn } be three bounded sequences in C. Let {αn }, {βn }, {γn }, {an }, {bn }, {cn }, {dn }, {en }, {fn } be sequences in [0, 1] satisfying the following conditions: (i) αn + βn + γn = an + bn + cn = dn + en + fn = 1, ∀n ≥ 0; 94 G. S. SALUJA (ii) P∞ n=0 (βn + γn ) < ∞. Then the following conclusions hold: (1) for all p ∈ F and n ≥ 0, d(xn+1 , p) ≤ (1 + 3βn )d(xn , p) + 3Gn + M θn , (2.2) where θn = βn + γn for all n ≥ 0 and M= n o d(un , p) + d(vn , p) + d(wn , p) + 2d(g(p), p) . sup p∈F, n≥0 (2) there exists a constant M1 > 0 such that d(xn+m , p) ≤ M1 d(xn , p) + 3M1 n+m−1 X Gk k=n +M M1 n+m−1 X θk , ∀p ∈ F, (2.3) k=n for all n, m ≥ 0. Proof. For any p ∈ F , using (1.13) and (2.1), we have d(xn+1 , p) = d(W (xn , Tnn yn , un ; αn , βn , γn ), p) ≤ αn d(xn , p) + βn d(Tnn yn , p) + γn d(un , p) ≤ αn d(xn , p) + βn [d(yn , p) + Gn ] + γn d(un , p) ≤ αn d(xn , p) + βn d(yn , p) + βn Gn + γn d(un , p) ≤ αn d(xn , p) + βn d(yn , p) + Gn + γn d(un , p), (2.4) and d(yn , p) = d(W (g(xn ), Tnn zn , vn ; an , bn , cn ), p) ≤ an d(g(xn ), p) + bn d(Tnn zn , p) + cn d(vn , p) ≤ an d(g(xn ), g(p)) + an d(g(p), p) +bn [d(zn , p) + Gn ] + cn d(vn , p) ≤ an ξd(xn , p) + an d(g(p), p) + bn d(zn , p) +bn Gn + cn d(vn , p) ≤ an ξd(xn , p) + an d(g(p), p) + bn d(zn , p) +Gn + cn d(vn , p), (2.5) THREE-STEP ITERATION PROCESS FOR A. . . . . . 95 and d(zn , p) = d(W (g(xn ), Tnn xn , wn ; dn , en , fn ), p) ≤ dn d(g(xn ), p) + en d(Tnn xn , p) + fn d(wn , p) ≤ dn d(g(xn ), g(p)) + dn d(g(p), p) +en [d(xn , p) + Gn ] + fn d(wn , p) ≤ dn ξd(xn , p) + dn d(g(p), p) + en d(xn , p) +en Gn + fn d(wn , p) ≤ (dn ξ + en )d(xn , p) + dn d(g(p), p) +en Gn + fn d(wn , p) ≤ (dn ξ + en )d(xn , p) + dn d(g(p), p) +Gn + fn d(wn , p). (2.6) Substituting (2.5) into (2.4) and simplifying it, we have h d(xn+1 , p) ≤ αn d(xn , p) + βn an ξd(xn , p) + an d(g(p), p) i +bn d(zn , p) + Gn + cn d(vn , p) + Gn + γn d(un , p) ≤ (αn + an βn ξ)d(xn , p) + an βn d(g(p), p) + βn Gn +bn βn d(zn , p) + cn βn d(vn , p) + Gn + γn d(un , p) = (αn + an βn ξ)d(xn , p) + an βn d(g(p), p) + (1 + βn )Gn +bn βn d(zn , p) + cn βn d(vn , p) + γn d(un , p) ≤ (αn + an βn ξ)d(xn , p) + an βn d(g(p), p) + 2Gn +bn βn d(zn , p) + cn βn d(vn , p) + γn d(un , p). (2.7) 96 G. S. SALUJA Substituting (2.6) into (2.7) and simplifying it, we have d(xn+1 , p) ≤ (αn + an βn ξ)d(xn , p) + an βn d(g(p), p) + 2Gn h +bn βn (dn ξ + en )d(xn , p) + dn d(g(p), p) + Gn i +fn d(wn , p) + cn βn d(vn , p) + γn d(un , p) h i ≤ αn + an βn ξ + bn βn (dn ξ + en ) d(xn , p) +βn (an + bn dn )d(g(p), p) + Gn (2 + bn βn ) +bn βn fn d(wn , p) + cn βn d(vn , p) + γn d(un , p) h i ≤ αn + βn (an ξ + bn dn ξ + bn en ) d(xn , p) +2βn d(g(p), p) + 3Gn + βn d(wn , p) +βn d(vn , p) + γn d(un , p) ≤ (1 + 3βn )d(xn , p) + 2βn d(g(p), p) +2γn d(g(p), p) + 3Gn + βn d(wn , p) +γn d(wn , p) + βn d(vn , p) + γn d(vn , p) +βn d(un , p) + γn d(un , p) = (1 + 3βn )d(xn , p) + 3Gn + 2(βn + γn )d(g(p), p) h i +(βn + γn ) d(un , p) + d(vn , p) + d(wn , p) h = (1 + 3βn )d(xn , p) + 3Gn + (βn + γn ) d(un , p) i +d(vn , p) + d(wn , p) + 2d(g(p), p) ≤ (1 + 3βn )d(xn , p) + 3Gn + M θn , ∀n ≥ 0, p ∈ F, (2.8) where M= sup n o d(un , p) + d(vn , p) + d(wn , p) + 2d(g(p), p) , p∈F n≥0 This completes the proof of part (1). θn = βn + γn . THREE-STEP ITERATION PROCESS FOR A. . . . . . 97 (2) Since 1 + x ≤ ex for all x ≥ 0, it follows from (2.8) that, for n, m ≥ 0 and p ∈ F , we have d(xn+m , p) ≤ (1 + 3βn+m−1 )d(xn+m−1 , p) + 3Gn+m−1 + M θn+m−1 ≤ e3βn+m−1 d(xn+m−1 , p) + 3Gn+m−1 + M θn+m−1 h i ≤ e3βn+m−1 e3βn+m−2 d(xn+m−2 , p) + 3Gn+m−2 + M θn+m−2 +3Gn+m−1 + M θn+m−1 h ≤ e3(βn+m−1 +βn+m−2 ) d(xn+m−2 , p) + 3 e3βn+m−1 Gn+m−2 i h i +Gn+m−1 + M e3βn+m−1 θn+m−2 + θn+m−1 ≤ e3(βn+m−1 +βn+m−2 ) d(xn+m−2 , p) + 3e3βn+m−1 Gn+m−2 +Gn+m−1 + M e3βn+m−1 θn+m−2 + θn+m−1 ≤ ... ≤ ... ≤ M1 d(xn , p) + 3M1 n+m−1 X Gk + M M1 k=n n+m−1 X θk , (2.9) k=n where M1 = e3 P∞ k=0 βk . This completes the proof of part (2). Theorem 2.2. Let (E, d, W ) be a complete convex metric space and C be a nonempty closed convex subset of E. Let Ti : C → C be a finite family of uniformly LLipschitzian asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in the intermediate sense for i = 1, 2, . . . , N such that F = ∩N i=1 F (Ti ) 6= ∅ and g : C → C a contractive mapping with a contractive constant ξ ∈ (0, 1). Put n Gn = max sup d(Tnn xn , p) − d(xn , p) ∨ sup d(Tnn yn , p) − d(yn , p) p∈F, n≥0 p∈F, n≥0 ∨ sup p∈F, n≥0 o d(Tnn zn , p) − d(zn , p) ∨ 0 , P∞ such that n=0 Gn < ∞. Let {xn } be the iterative sequence with errors defined by (1.13) and {un }, {vn }, {wn } be three bounded sequences in C, and {αn }, {βn }, {γn }, {an }, {bn }, {cn }, {dn }, {en } and {fn } be nine sequences in [0, 1] satisfying the following conditions: (i) αn + βn + γn = an + bn + cn = dn + en + fn = 1, ∀n ≥ 0; P∞ (ii) n=0 (βn + γn ) < ∞. Then the sequence {xn } converges strongly to a common fixed point p of the mappings {Ti }N i=1 if and only if lim inf d(xn , F ) = 0, n→∞ 98 G. S. SALUJA where d(x, F ) = inf p∈F d(x, p). Proof. The necessity is obvious. Now, we prove the sufficiency. In fact, from Lemma 2.1, we have d(xn+1 , F ) ≤ (1 + 3βn )d(xn , F ) + 3Gn + M θn , ∀n ≥ 0, (2.10) where θn = βn + γn . By assumption and conditions (i) and (ii), we know that ∞ X ∞ X θn < ∞, n=0 ∞ X βn < ∞, n=0 Gn < ∞. (2.11) n=0 It follows from Lemma 1.1 that limn→∞ d(xn , F ) exists. Since lim inf n→∞ d(xn , F ) = 0, we have lim d(xn , F ) = 0. (2.12) n→∞ Next, we prove that {xn } is a Cauchy sequence in C. In fact, for any given ε > 0, there exists a positive integer n1 such that for any n ≥ n1 , we have d(xn , F ) < ε , 12M1 ∞ X ε , ∀n ≥ 0. 18M1 Gn < n=n1 (2.13) and ∞ X θn < n=n1 ε , ∀n ≥ 0. 6M M1 (2.14) From (2.13), there exists p1 ∈ F and positive integer n2 ≥ n1 such that ε . d(xn2 , p1 ) < 6M1 (2.15) Thus Lemma 2.1(2) implies that, for any positive integer n, m with n ≥ n2 , we have d(xn+m , xn ) ≤ d(xn+m , p1 ) + d(xn , p1 ) ≤ M1 d(xn2 , p1 ) + 3M1 n+m−1 X Gk + M M1 k=n2 +M1 d(xn2 , p1 ) + 3M1 n+m−1 X n+m−1 X Gk + M M1 n+m−1 X k=n2 ≤ 2M1 d(xn2 , p1 ) + 6M1 n+m−1 X < ε. θk k=n2 Gk + 2M M1 k=n2 < 2M1 . θk k=n2 n+m−1 X θk k=n2 ε ε ε + 6M1 . + 2M M1 . 6M1 18M1 6M M1 (2.16) This shows that {xn } is a Cauchy sequence in a nonempty closed convex subset C of a complete convex metric space E. Without loss of generality, we can assume that limn→∞ xn = q ∈ E. Now we will prove that q ∈ F . Since xn → q and THREE-STEP ITERATION PROCESS FOR A. . . . . . 99 d(xn , F ) → 0 as n → ∞, for any given ε1 > 0, there exists a positive integer n3 ≥ n2 such that for n ≥ n3 , we have d(xn , q) < ε1 , d(xn , F ) < ε1 . (2.17) Again from the second inequality of (2.17), there exists q1 ∈ F such that d(xn3 , q1 ) < 2ε1 . (2.18) Moreover, it follows from (2.1) that for any n ≥ n3 , we have d(Tnn q, q1 ) − d(q, q1 ) < Gn . (2.19) Thus for any i = 1, 2, . . . , N , from (2.17) - (2.19) and for any n ≥ n3 , we have d(Tin q, q) ≤ d(Tin q, q1 ) + d(q1 , q) ≤ d(q, q1 ) + Gn + d(q1 , q) = Gn + 2d(q, q1 ) ≤ Gn + 2[d(q, xn3 ) + d(xn3 , q1 )] < Gn + 2(ε1 + 2ε1 ) = Gn + 6ε1 = ε0 , (2.20) 0 where ε = Gn + 6ε1 , since Gn → 0 as n → ∞ and ε1 > 0, it follows that ε0 > 0. By the arbitrariness of ε0 > 0, we know that Tin q = q for all i = 1, 2, . . . , N . Again since for any n ≥ n3 , we have d(Tin q, Ti q) ≤ d(Tin q, q1 ) + d(Ti q, q1 ) ≤ d(q, q1 ) + Gn + d(Ti q, q1 ) ≤ d(q, q1 ) + Gn + Ld(q, q1 ) = (1 + L)d(q, q1 ) + Gn ≤ (1 + L)[d(q, xn3 ) + d(xn3 , q1 )] + Gn < (1 + L)[ε1 + 2ε1 ] + Gn = 3(1 + L)ε1 + Gn = ε00 , (2.21) 00 where ε = 3(1 + L)ε1 + Gn , since Gn → 0 as n → ∞ and ε1 > 0, it follows that ε00 > 0. By the arbitrariness of ε00 > 0, we know that Tin q = Ti q for all i = 1, 2, . . . , N . From the uniqueness of limit, we have q = Ti q for all i = 1, 2, . . . , N , that is, q ∈ F . This shows that q is a common fixed point of the mappings {Ti }N i=1 . This completes the proof. Taking g = I in Theorem 2.2, then we have the following theorem. Theorem 2.3. Let (E, d, W ) be a complete convex metric space and C be a nonempty closed convex subset of E. Let Ti : C → C be a finite family of uniformly LLipschitzian asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in the intermediate sense for i = 1, 2, . . . , N such that F = ∩N i=1 F (Ti ) 6= ∅. Put n n Gn = max sup d(Tn xn , p) − d(xn , p) ∨ sup d(Tnn yn , p) − d(yn , p) p∈F, n≥0 p∈F, n≥0 ∨ sup p∈F, n≥0 P∞ o d(Tnn zn , p) − d(zn , p) ∨ 0 , such that n=0 Gn < ∞. Let {xn } be the iterative sequence with errors defined by (1.14) and {un }, {vn }, {wn } be three bounded sequences in C and {αn }, {βn }, 100 G. S. SALUJA {γn }, {an }, {bn }, {cn }, {dn }, {en } and {fn } be nine sequences in [0, 1] satisfying the following conditions: (i) αn + βn + γn = an + bn + cn = dn + en + fn = 1, ∀n ≥ 0; P∞ (ii) n=0 (βn + γn ) < ∞. Then the sequence {xn } converges strongly to a common fixed point p of the mappings {Ti }N i=1 if and only if lim inf d(xn , F ) = 0, n→∞ where d(x, F ) = inf p∈F d(x, p). Taking dn = 1(en = fn = 0) for all n ≥ 0 in Theorem 2.2, then we have the following theorem. Theorem 2.4. Let (E, d, W ) be a complete convex metric space and C be a nonempty closed convex subset of E. Let Ti : C → C be a finite family of uniformly LLipschitzian asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in the intermediate sense for i = 1, 2, . . . , N such that F = ∩N i=1 F (Ti ) 6= ∅ and g : C → C a contractive mapping with a contractive constant ξ ∈ (0, 1). Put n Gn = max sup d(Tnn xn , p) − d(xn , p) ∨ p∈F, n≥0 sup p∈F, n≥0 o d(Tnn yn , p) − d(yn , p) ∨ 0 , P∞ such that n=0 Gn < ∞. Let {xn } be the iterative sequence with errors defined by (1.15) and {un }, {vn } be two bounded sequences in C and {αn }, {βn }, {γn }, {an }, {bn } and {cn } be six sequences in [0, 1] satisfying the following conditions: (i) αn + βn + γn = an + bn + cn = 1, for all n ≥ 0; P∞ (ii) n=0 (βn + γn ) < ∞. Then the sequence {xn } converges to a common fixed point p in F if and only if lim inf d(xn , F ) = 0, n→∞ where d(x, F ) = inf p∈F d(x, p). Remark 3. 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