On new existence of a unique common solution to a pair of non-linear matrix equations

TL;DR

This paper investigates the existence and uniqueness of a common positive definite solution to a pair of nonlinear matrix equations using Thompson metric properties and fixed point theory.

Contribution

It introduces new sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of solutions to nonlinear matrix equations employing fixed point theorems in metric spaces.

Findings

Established conditions for unique common solutions

Derived a fixed point theorem for matrix equations

Validated results with numerical examples

Abstract

The main goal of this article is to study the existence of a unique positive definite common solution to a pair of matrix equations of the form \begin{eqnarray*} X^r=Q_1 + \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{m} {A_i}^*F(X)A_i \mbox{ and } X^s=Q_2 + \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{m} {A_i}^*G(X)A_i \end{eqnarray*} where $Q_1,Q_2\in P(n)$, $A_i\in M(n)$ and $F,G:P(n)\to P(n)$ are certain functions and $r,s>1$. In order to achieve our target, we take the help of elegant properties of Thompson metric on the set of all $n \times n$ Hermitian positive definite matrices. To proceed this, we first derive a common fixed point result for a pair of mappings utilizing a certain class of control functions in a metric space. Then, we obtain some sufficient conditions to assure a unique positive definite common solution to the said equations. Finally, to validate our results, we provide a couple of numerical examples with diagrammatic representations of the convergence behaviour of iterative sequences.