$F$-Contraction with an Auxiliary Function and Its Application to Terrain-Following Airplane Navigation

Abstract

This paper aims to integrate the concepts of $F$-contraction and $S^B$-contraction within the context of super metric spaces. Specifically, we introduce the concepts of $S^F$-contraction and Bianchini $S^F$-contraction. We demonstrate that these new concepts are genuine generalizations of $S^B$- and $S^K$-contractions by providing nontrivial examples. Furthermore, we establish the existence and uniqueness of fixed points for mappings that satisfy these contractions. Lastly, we apply our findings to a model describing an airplane capable of automatically following a terrain.

26 pages, 2 figures