Interpolative contractions and intuitionistic fuzzy set-valued maps with applications

<abstract><p>Over time, the interpolative approach in fixed point theory (FPT) has been investigated only in the setting of crisp mathematics, thereby dropping-off a significant amount of useful results. As an attempt to fill up the aforementioned gaps, this paper initiates certain hybrid concepts under the names of interpolative Hardy-Rogers-type (IHRT) and interpolative Reich-Rus-Ciric type (IRRCT) intuitionistic fuzzy contractions in the frame of metric space (MS). Adequate criteria for the existence of intuitionistic fuzzy fixed point (FP) for such contractions are examined. On the basis that FP of a single-valued mapping obeying interpolative type contractive inequality is not always unique, and thereby making the ideas more suitable for FP theorems of multi-valued mappings, a few special cases regarding point-to-point and non-fuzzy set-valued mappings which include the conclusions of some well-known results in the corresponding literature are highlighted and discussed. In addition, comparative examples which dwell on the generality of our obtained results are constructed.</p></abstract>