RESEARC H Open Access Another weak convergence theorems for accretive mappings in banach spaces Satit Saejung * , Kanokwan Wongchan and Pongsakorn Yotkaew * Correspondence: saejung@kku.ac. th Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Khon kaen University, Khon kaen 40002, Thailand Abstract We present two weak convergence the orems for inverse strongly accretive mappings in Banach spaces, which are supplements to the recen t result of Aoyama et al. [Fixed Point Theory Appl. (2006), Art. ID 35390, 13pp.]. 2000 MSC: 47H10; 47J25. Keywords: weak convergence theorem, accretive mapping, Banach space 1. Introduction Let E be a real B anach space with the dual space E*. We write 〈 x, x* 〉 for the value of a functional x*Î E *atx Î E. The normalized duality mapping is the mapping J : E ® 2 E* given by Jx = {x ∗ ∈ E ∗ : x, x ∗  = ||x|| 2 = ||x ∗ || 2 } ( x ∈ E ). In this paper, we assume that E is smooth,thatis, lim t→0 ||x+tx||−||x|| t exists for all x, y Î E with ||x|| = ||y|| = 1. This implies that J is single-valued and we do consider the singleton Jx as an element in E*. For a closed convex subset C of a (smooth) Banach space E, the variational inequality problem for a mapping A : C ® E is the problem of finding an element u Î C such that Au, J ( v − u ) ≥0forallv ∈ C . The set of solutions of the problem above is denoted by S(C, A ). It is noted that if C = E,thenS(C, A)=A -1 0:={x Î E : Ax = 0}. This problem was studied by Stampac- chia (see, for example, [1,2]). The applicability of the theory has been expanded to var- ious problems from economics, finance, optimization and game theory. Gol’shteĭnandTret’yakov [3] proved the following result in the finite dimensional space ℝ N . Theorem 1.1. Let a >0,and let A : ℝ N ® ℝ N be an a-inverse strongly monotone mapping, that is, 〈Ax - Ay, × - y〉 ≥ a||Ax - Ay|| 2 for all x, y Î ℝ N . Suppose that {x n } is a sequence in ℝ N defined iteratively by x 1 Î ℝ N and x n +1 = x n − λ n Ax n , where {l n }⊂ [a, b] ⊂ (0, 2a). If A -1 0 ≠ ∅, then {x n } converges to some element of A -1 0. The result above was generalized to the framework of Hilbert spaces by Iiduka et al. [4]. Note that every Hilbert space is uniformly convex and 2-uniformly smooth (the r elat ed Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 © 2011 Saejung et al; licensee Springer . This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. definitions will be given in the next section). Aoyama et al. [[5], Theorem 3.1] proved the following result. Theorem 1.2. Let E be a uniformly convex and 2-uniformly smooth Banach space with the uniform smoothness constant K, and let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of E. Let Q C be a sunny nonexpansive retraction from E onto C, let a >0andletA: C ® Ebeana-inverse strongly accretive mapping with S(C, A) ≠ ∅. Suppose that {x n } is iteratively defined by  x 1 ∈ C arbitrarily chosen, x n+1 = α n x n +(1− α n )Q C (x n − λ n Ax n )(n ≥ 1) , where {a n } ⊂ [b, c] ⊂ (0, 1) and {l n } ⊂ [a, a/K 2 ] ⊂ (0, a/K 2 ]. Then,{x n } converges weakly to some element of S(C, A). Motiv ated by the result of Aoyama et al., we prove two more convergence theorems for a-inverse strongly accretive mappings in a Banach space, which are supplements to Theore m 1.2 above. The first one is proved without the prese nce of the uniform con- vexity, while the last one is proved in uniformly convex space with some different con- trol conditions on the parameters. The paper is organized as follows: In Section 2, we collect some related definitions and known fact, which are referred in this paper. The main results are presented in Section 3. We start with some common tools in proving the main r esults in Section 3.1. In Section 3.2, we prove the first weak convergence theorem without the presence of uniform convexity. The second theorem is proved in uniformly convex Banach spaces in Section 3.3. 2. Definitions and related known fact Let E be a real Banach space. If {x n } is a sequence in E,wedenotestrong convergence of {x n }tox Î E by x n ® x and weak convergence by x n ⇀ x.Denotebyω w ({x n }) the set of weakly sequential limits of the sequence {x n }, th at is, ω w ({x n }) = {p : there exists a subsequence {x n k } of {x n }suchthat x n k  p }. It is known that if {x n } is a bounded sequence in a reflexive space, then ω w ({x n }) = ∅. The space E is said to be uniformly convex if for each ε Î (0, 2) there exists δ >0 such that for any x, y Î U := {z Î E :||z|| = 1} | |x − y || ≥ ε implies ||x + y || / 2 ≤ 1 − δ . The following result was proved by Xu. Lemma 2.1 ([6]). Let E be a uniformly convex Banach space, and let r >0. Then, there exists a strictly increasing, continuous and convex function g :[0,2r] ® [0, ∞) such that g(0) = 0 and | |αx + ( 1 − α ) y|| 2 ≤ α||x|| 2 + ( 1 − α ) ||y|| 2 − α ( 1 − α ) g ( ||x − y|| ) for all a Î [0, 1] and x, y Î B r := {z Î E :||z|| ≤ r}. The space E is said to be smooth if the limit lim t→0 ||x + ty|| − ||x|| t (2:1) exists for all x, y Î U. The norm of E is said to be Fréchet differentiable if for each x Î U, the limit (2.1) is attained uniformly for y Î U. Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 Page 2 of 11 Let C be a nonempty subset of a smooth Banach space E and a >0.AmappingA : C ® E is said to be a-inverse strongly accretive if Ax − Ay, J ( x − y ) ≥α||Ax − Ay|| 2 (2:2) for all x, y Î C. It follows from (2.2) that A is 1 α -Lipschitzian, that is, | |Ax − Ay|| ≤ 1 α ||x − y|| for all x, y ∈ C . A Banach space E is 2-uniformly smooth if there is a constant c > 0 such that 〉 E (τ) ≤ cτ 2 for all τ > 0 where  E (τ )=sup  1 2 (||x + τy|| + ||x − τ y||) − 1:x, y ∈ U  . In this case, we say that a real number K > 0 is a 2-uniform smoothness constant of E if the following inequality holds for all x, y Î E: | |x + y || 2 ≤||x|| 2 +2 y , Jx +2||K y || 2 . Note that every 2-uniformly smooth Banach space has the Fréchet differentiable norm and hence it is reflexive. The following observation extracted from Lemma 2.8 of [5] plays an important role in this paper. Lemma 2.2. Let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of a 2-uniformly smooth Banach space E with a 2-uniform smoothness constant K. Suppose that A : C ® Eis an a-inverse strongly accretive mapping. Then, the following inequality holds for all x, y Î C and l Î ℝ: | | ( I − λA ) x − ( I − λA ) y|| 2 ≤||x − y|| 2 +2λ ( K 2 λ − α ) ||Ax − Ay|| 2 , where I is the identity mapping. In particular, if λ ∈ [0, α K 2 ] , then I - lA is nonex pan- sive, that is, ||(I - lA)x -(I - lA)y|| ≤ ||x - y|| for all x, y Î C. Let C be a subset of a Banach space E. A mapping Q : E ® C is said to be: (i) sunny if Q(Qx + t(x - Qx)) = Qx for all t ≥ 0; (ii) a retraction if Q 2 = Q. It is known that a retraction Q fromasmoothBanachspaceE o nto a nonempt y closed convex subset C of E is sunny and nonexpansive if and only if 〈x-Qx, J(Qx-y)〉 ≥ 0forallx Î E and y Î C. In this case, Q is uniquely determined. Using this result, Aoya ma et al. obtained the following result. Recall that, for a mapping T : C ® E,the set of fixed points of T is denoted by F (T), that is, F (T)={x Î C : x = Tx}. Lemma 2.3 ([5]). Let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of a smooth Banach space E. Let Q C be a sunny nonexpansive retraction from E onto C, and let A : C ® Ebea mapping. Then, for each l >0, S ( C, A ) = F ( Q C ( I − λA )). Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 Page 3 of 11 The space E is said to satisfy Opial’s condition if lim sup n →∞ ||x n − x|| < lim sup n →∞ ||x n − y| | whenever x n ⇀ x Î E and y Î E satisfy x ≠ y. The follow ing results are known from theory of nonexpansive mappings. It should be noted that Oplial’s condition and the Fréchet differentiability of the norm are independent in uniformly convex space setting. Lemma 2.4 ([7], [8]). Let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of a Banach space. E. Suppose that E is uniformly convex or satisfies Opial’s condition. Suppose that T is a nonexpansive map ping of C into itself. Then, I - T is demiclosed at zero, that is, if {x n } is a sequence in C such that x n ⇀ p and x n - Tx n ® 0, then p = Tp. Lemma 2.5 ([9]). Let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of a uniformly convex Banach space with a Fréchet differentiab le norm. Suppose that {T n } ∞ n = 1 is a sequence of nonexpansive mappings of C into itself with ∩ ∞ n =1 F( T n ) = ∅ . Let x Î C and S n = T n T n-1 · ··T 1 for all n ≥ 1. Then, the set ∞  n =1 co{S m x : m ≥ n}∩ ∞  n =1 F( T n ) consists of at most one element, where co D is the closed convex hull of D. The following two lemmas are prov ed in the absence of uniform convexity, and they are needed in Section 3.2. Lemma 2.6 ([10]). Let {x n } and {y n } be bounded sequences in a Banach space and {a n } be a real sequence in [0, 1] such that 0<liminf n®∞ a n ≤ lim sup n®∞ a n <1. Suppose that x n+1 = a n x n +(1-a n )y n for all n ≥ 1. If lim sup n®∞ (||y n+1 - y n || - ||x n+1 - x n ||) ≤ 0, then x n - y n ® 0. Lemma 2.7 ([11]). Let {z n } and {w n } be sequences in a Banach space and {a n } be a real sequence in [0, 1]. Suppose that z n+1 = a n z n +(1-a n )w n for all n ≥ 1. If the follow- ing properties are satisfied: (i)  ∞ n =1 (1 − α n )= ∞ and lim inf n®∞ a n >0; (ii) lim n®∞ ||z n || = d and lim sup n®∞ ||w n || ≤ d; (iii) the sequence   n i=1 (1 − α i )w i  is bounded; then d =0. We also need the following simple but interesting results. Lemma 2.8 ([12]). Let {a n } and {b n } be two sequences of nonnegative real numbers. If  ∞ n =1 b n < ∞ and a n+1 ≤ a n + b n for all n ≥ 1, then lim n®∞ a n exists. Lemma 2.9 ([13]). Let {a n } and {b n } be two sequences of nonnegative real numbers. If  ∞ n=1 a n b n < ∞ and  ∞ n=1 a n b n < ∞ , then lim inf n®∞ b n =0. 3. Main results From now on, we assume that • E is 2-uniformly smooth Banach space with a 2-uniform smoothness constant K; Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 Page 4 of 11 • C is a nonempty closed convex subset of E; • Q C is a sunny nonexpansive retraction from E onto C; • A : C ® E is an a-inverse strongly accretive mapping with S(C, A) ≠ ∅ and a > 0. Suppose that {x n } is iteratively defined by  x 1 ∈ C arbitrarily chosen, x n+1 = α n x n +(1− α n )Q C (x n − λ n Ax n )(n ≥ 1) , where {a n } ⊂ [0, 1] and {λ n }⊂(0, α K 2 ] . For convenience, we write y n ≡ Q C ( x n - l n Ax n ). 3.1. Some properties of the sequence {x n } for weak convergence theorems We star t with some propositions, which are the common tools for proving the main results in the next two subsections. Proposition 3.1. If p Î S(C, A), then lim n® ∞ ||x n - p|| exists, and hence, the sequences {x n } and {Ax n } are both bounded. Proof. Let p Î S(C, A). By the nonexpansiveness of Q C (I - l n A) for all n ≥ 1 and Lemma 2.3, we have | |y n − p|| = ||Q C ( I − λ n A ) x n − ( Q C ( I − λ n A ) p|| ≤ ||x n − p| | for all n ≥ 1. This implies that ||x n+1 − p|| = ||α n (x n − p)+(1− α n )(y n − p)|| ≤ α n ||x n − p|| +(1− α n )||y n − p|| ≤ α n ||x n − p|| + ( 1 − α n ) ||x n − p|| = ||x n − p| | for all n ≥ 1. Therefore, lim n®∞ ||x n - p|| exists, and hence, the sequence {x n }is bounded. Since A is 1 α -Lipschitzian, we have {Ax n } is bounded. The proof is finished. Proposition 3.2. The following inequality holds: | | y n+1 − y n || ≤ ||x n+1 − x n || + |λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n | | for all n ≥ 1. Proof. Since Q C (I - l n+1 A) and Q C are nonexpansive, we have | |y n+1 − y n || = ||Q C (I − λ n+1 A)x n+1 − Q C (I − λ n A)x n || ≤||Q C (I − λ n+1 A)x n+1 − Q C (I − λ n+1 A)x n || + ||Q C (I − λ n+1 A)x n − Q C (I − λ n A)x n || ≤||x n+1 − x n || + ||(I − λ n+1 A)x n − (I − λ n A)x n | | = || x n+1 − x n || + | λ n+1 − λ n ||| Ax n || . □ Proposition 3.3. Suppose that E is a reflexive Banach space such that either it is uni- formly convex or it satisfies Opial’s condition. Suppose that {x n } is a bounded sequence of C satisfying x n - Q C (I - l n A)x n ® 0 and {λ n }⊂[a, α K 2 ] ⊂ (0, α K 2 ] . Then,{x n } converges weakly to some element of S(C, A). Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 Page 5 of 11 Proof. Suppose that E is a uniformly convex Banach space or a reflexive Banach space satisfying Opial’s condition. Then, ω w ({x n }) ≠ ∅.Wefirstprovethatω w ({x n }) ⊂ S(C, A). To see this, let z Î ω w ({x n }). Passing to a subsequence, if necessary, we assume that there exists a subsequence {n k }of{n} such that x n k  z and λ n k → λ ∈ [a, α K 2 ] .We observe that | |x n k − Q C (I − λA)x n k || ≤ ||x n k − y n k || + ||y n k − Q C (I − λA)x n k || ≤||x n k − y n k || + ||(I − λ n k A)x n k − (I − λA)x n k || = ||x n k − y n k || + |λ n k − λ|||Ax n k ||. This implies that x n k − Q C ( I − λA ) x n k → 0 . By the nonexpansiveness of Q C (I - lA), Lemmas 2.3 and 2.4, we obtain that z Î F ( Q C (I - lA)) = S(C, A). Hence ω w ({x n }) ⊂ S (C, A). We next prove that ω w ({x n }) is exactly a singleton in the following cases. Case 1: E is uniformly convex. We follow the idea of A oyama et al. [5] in this case. For any n ≥ 1, we define a nonexpansive mapping T n : C ® C by T n = α n I + ( 1 − α n ) Q C ( I − λ n A ). We get t hat x n+1 = T n T n-1 ···T 1 x 1 for all n ≥ 1. It follows from Lemma 2.3 that S(C, A)=  ∞ n =1 F( Q C (I − λ n A)) ⊂  ∞ n =1 F( T n ) . Applying Lemma 2.5, since every 2-uni- formly smooth Banach space has Fréchet differentiable norm, gives ∞  n =1 co{x m : m ≥ n}∩ ∞  n =1 F( T n ) consists of at most one element. But we know that ∅ = ω w ({x n }) ⊂ ∞  n =1 co {x m : m ≥ n}∩S(C, A) ⊂ ∞  n =1 co {x m : m ≥ n}∩ ∞  n =1 F(T n ) . Therefore, ω w ({x n }) is a singleton. Case 2: E satisfies Opial’s condition. Suppose that p and q are two different elements of ω w ({x n }). There are subsequences {x n k } and { x m j } of {x n } such that x n k  p and x m j  q . Since p and q also belong to S(C, A), both limits lim n®∞ ||x n -p|| and lim n®∞ ||x n -q|| exist. Consequently, by Opial ’s condition, lim k→∞ ||x n k − p|| < lim k→∞ ||x n k − q|| = lim j→∞ ||x m j − q|| < lim j →∞ ||x m j − p|| = lim k→∞ ||x n k − p|| . This is a contradiction. Hence, ω w ({x n }) is a singleton, and the proof is finished. □ Remark 3.4. There exists a reflexive Banach space such that it satisfies Opial’s condi- tion but it is not uniformly convex. In fact, we consider E = ℝ 2 with the norm ||(x, y)|| =|x|+|y|forall(x, y) Î ℝ 2 . Note that E is finite dimensional, and hence it is reflex- ive and satisfies Opial’s condition. To see that E is not uniformly convex, let x =(1,0) and y = (0, 1), it follows that ||x - y|| = ||(1, -1)|| = 2 and ||x + y||/2 = ||(1/2, 1/2)|| = 1 ≰ 1-δ for all δ >0. Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 Page 6 of 11 3.2. Convergence results without uniform convexity In this subsection, we make use of Lemmas 2.6 and 2.7 to show that x n - y n ® 0 under the additional restrictions on the sequences {a n } and {l n }. Proposition 3.5. Suppose that {a n }⊂ [c, d] ⊂ (0, 1) and l n+1 - l n ® 0. Then, x n - y n ® 0. Proof. We will apply Lemma 2.6. Let us rewritten the iteration as x n+1 = α n x n + ( 1 − α n ) y n . It follows from Proposition 3.1 that {x n }and{Ax n } are bounded. Then, {y n }={(I - l n A) x n } is bounded. Since l n+1 - l n ® 0, it is a consequence of Proposition 3.2 that lim sup n →∞ (||y n+1 − y n || − ||x n+1 − x n ||) ≤ lim sup n →∞ |λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n || =0 . Since all the requirements of Lemma 2.6 are satisfied, x n - y n ® 0. □ Proposition 3.6. Suppose that {a n } and {l n } satisfy the following properties: (i) {a n } ⊂ [c,1)⊂ (0, 1) and  ∞ n =1 (1 − α n )= ∞ ; (ii) λ n+1 − λ n 1 − α n → 0 and  ∞ n =1 | λ n+1 − λ n | < ∞ . Then, x n - y n ® 0. Proof. We will apply Lemma 2.7. From the iteration, we have z n+1 = α n z n + ( 1 − α n ) w n , where z n ≡ x n - y n and w n ≡ y n − y n+1 1 − α n . Using Proposition 3.2, we obtain || z n+1 || ≤ α n || z n || + || y n − y n+1 || ≤ α n ||z n || + ||x n+1 − x n || + |λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n || = α n ||z n || +(1− α n )||z n || + |λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n | | = ||z n || + |λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n ||. It follows from  ∞ n =1 | λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n || < ∞ and Lemma 2.8 that d := lim n®∞ ||z n || exists. We next prove that lim sup n®∞ ||w n || ≤ d. Again, by Proposition 3.2, we get lim sup n→∞ ||w n || = lim sup n→∞ || y n − y n+1 || 1 − α n ≤ lim n→∞ ||z n || + lim sup n→∞ |λ n+1 − λ n | 1 − α n ||Ax n || = d . Finally, for all n ≥ 1, we have n  i =1 (1 − α i )w i = n  i =1 (y i − y i+1 )=y 1 − y n+1 . Hence, the sequence   n i=1 (1 − α i )w i  is bounded. It follows then that d =0.□ We now have the following weak convergence theorems without uniform convexity. Theorem 3.7. Let E be a 2-uniformly smooth Banach space satisfying Opial’s condi- tion. Let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of E. L et Q C be a sunny n onexpansive retraction from E onto C and A : C ® Ebeana-inverse strongly accretive mapping with S(C, A) ≠ ∅ and a >0.Suppose that {x n } is iteratively defined by Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 Page 7 of 11  x 1 ∈ C arbitrarily chosen, x n+1 = α n x n +(1− α n )Q C (x n − λ n Ax n )(n ≥ 1) , where {a n } ⊂ [0, 1] and {λ n }⊂[a, α K 2 ] ⊂ (0, α K 2 ] satisfy one of the following condi- tions: (i) {a n } ⊂ [c, d] ⊂ (0, 1) and l n+1 - l n ® 0; (ii) {a n } ⊂ [c,1)⊂ (0, 1),  ∞ n =1 (1 − α n )= ∞ ,  ∞ n =1 | λ n+1 − λ n | < ∞ , and λ n+1 − λ n 1 − α n → 0 . Then,{x n } converges weakly to an element in S(C, A). Proof. Note that every 2-uniformly smooth Banach space is reflexive. The result fol- lows from Propositions 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6. □ Remark 3.8. Conditions (i) and (ii) in Theorem 3.7 are not comparable. (1) If α n ≡ 1 2 and {l n }isasequencein (0, α K 2 ] such that l n - l n+1 ® 0 an d 0 < lim inf n®∞ l n < lim sup n®∞ l n < 1, then {a n } and {l n } satisfy condition (i) but fail con- dition (ii). (2) If α n ≡ n n +1 and λ n ≡ λ ∈ (0, α K 2 ] , then {a n } and {l n } satisfy co ndition (ii) but fail condition (i). Remark 3.9. Note that the Opial property and uniform convexity are independent. Theorem 3.7 is a supplementary to Theorem 3.1 of Aoyama et al. [5]. 3.3. Convergence results in uniformly convex spaces In this subsection, we prove two more convergence theorems in uniformly convex spaces, which are also a supplementary to Theorem 3.1 of Aoyama et al. [5]. Let us start with some propositions. Proposition 3.10. Assume t hat E is a uniformly convex Banach space. Suppose that {a n } and {l n } satisfy the following properties: (i) {l n } ⊂ [a, a/K 2 ] ⊂ (0, a/K 2 ]; (ii)  ∞ n =1 α n (1 − α n )= ∞ and  ∞ n =1 | λ n+1 − λ n | < ∞ . Then, x n - y n ® 0. Proof.Letp Î S(C, A). Note that lim n®∞ ||x n - p|| exists and hence both {x n }and {y n } are bounded. By the uniform convexity of E and Lemma 2.1, there exists a contin- uous and strictly increasing function g such that | |x n+1 − p|| 2 = ||α n (x n − p)+(1− α n )(y n − p)|| 2 ≤ α n ||x n − p|| 2 +(1− α n )||y n − p|| 2 − α n (1 − α n )g(||x n − y n ||) ≤ α n ||x n − p|| 2 +(1− α n )||x n − p|| 2 − α n (1 − α n )g(||x n − y n || ) = ||x n − p|| 2 − α n ( 1 − α n ) g ( ||x n − y n || ) Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 Page 8 of 11 for all n ≥ 1. Hence, for each m ≥ 1, we have m  n=1 α n (1 − α n )g(||x n − y n ||) ≤||x 1 − p|| 2 −||x m+1 − p|| 2 . In particular,  ∞ n =1 α n (1 − α n )g(||x n − y n ||) < ∞ . It follows from  ∞ n =1 α n (1 − α n )= ∞ andLemma2.9thatliminf n®∞ g(||x n - y n ||) = 0. By the prop- erties of the function g, we get that lim inf n®∞ ||x n - y n || = 0. Finally, we show that lim n®∞ ||x n - y n || actually exists. To see this, we consider the following estimate obtained directly from Proposition 3.2: | |x n+1 − y n+1 || ≤ ||x n+1 − y n || + ||y n − y n+1 || ≤ α n ||x n − y n || + ||x n+1 − x n || + |λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n || = α n ||x n − y n || +(1− α n )||x n − y n || + |λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n | | = ||x n − y n || + |λ n+1 − λ n |||Ax n ||. The assertion follows since  ∞ n =1 |λ n − λ n+1 |||Ax n || < ∞ and Lemma 2.8. □ Let us recall the concept of strongly nonexpansive sequences introduced by Aoyama et al. (see [14]). A sequence of nonexpansive mappings {T n }ofC is called a strongly nonexpansive sequence if x n - y n -(T n x n - T n y n ) ® 0whenever{x n }and{y n }are sequences in C such that {x n -y n } is bounded and ||x n -y n ||-||T n x n -T n y n || ® 0. It is notedthatif{T n } is a constant sequence, then this property reduces to the concept of strongly nonexpansive mappings studied by Bruck and Reich [15]. Proposition 3.11. Assume that E is a uniformly convex B anach space and {l n }⊂ (0, b] ⊂ (0, a/K 2 ). Then,{Q C (I - l n A)} is a strongly nonexpansive sequence. Proof. Notice first that Q C is a strongly nonexpansive mapping (see [16,17]). Next, we prove that {I - l n A} is a strongly nonexpansive sequence and then the assertion fol- lows. Let {x n } and {y n } be sequences in C such that {x n - y n } is bounded and ||x n - y n ||- ||(I - l n A)x n -(I - l n A)y n || ® 0. It follows from Lemma 2.2 that 2(α − K 2 b) b ||λ n Ax n − λ n Ay n || 2 ≤ 2(α − K 2 λ n ) λ n ||λ n Ax n − λ n Ay n || 2 =2λ n (α − K 2 λ n )||Ax n − Ay n || 2 ≤||x n − y n || 2 −|| ( I − λ n A ) x n − ( I − λ n A ) y n || 2 → 0 . In particular, l n Ax n - l n Ay n ® 0 and hence x n − y n − (( I − λ n A ) x n − ( I − λ n A ) y n ) = λ n Ax n − λ n Ay n → 0 . Proposition 3.12. Assume t hat E is a uniformly convex Banach space. Suppose that a n ≡ 0 and {l n } ⊂ (0, b] ⊂ (0, a/K 2 ). Then, x n - y n ® 0. Proof. Let us rewritten the iteration as follows: x n+1 = Q C ( I − λ n A ) x n ( n ≥ 1 ). Let p Î S(C, A). Notice that p = Q C (I -l n A)p for all n ≥ 1. Then, lim n®∞ ||x n -p|| exists, and hence, Saejung et al. Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:26 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/26 Page 9 of 11 | |x n − p|| − ||Q C ( I − λ n A ) x n − p|| = ||x n − p|| − ||x n+1 − p|| → 0 . It follows from the preceding proposition that x n − Q C ( I − λ n A ) x n = ( x n − p ) − ( Q C ( I − λ n A ) x n − p ) → 0 . □ We now obtain the fo llowing weak conv ergence theorems in uniforml y convex spaces. Theorem 3.13. Let E be a uniformly convex and 2-uniformly smooth Banach space. Let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of E. Let Q C be a sunny nonexpansive retrac - tion from E onto C and A : C ® Ebeana-inverse strongly accretive mapping with S (C, A) ≠ ∅ and a >0.Suppose that {x n } is iteratively defined by  x 1 ∈ C arbitrarily chosen, x n+1 = α n x n +(1− α n )Q C (x n − λ n Ax n )(n ≥ 1) , where {a n } ⊂ [0, 1] and {λ n }⊂[a, α K 2 ] ⊂ (0, α K 2 ] satisfy one of the following condi- tions: (i)  ∞ n =1 α n (1 − α n )= ∞ and  ∞ n =1 | λ n+1 − λ n | < ∞ ; (ii) a n ≡ 0 and {l n }⊂ [a, b] ⊂ (0, a/K 2 ). Then,{x n } converges weakly to an element in S (C, A). Proof. The result follows from Propositions 3.3, 3.10 and 3.12. □ Remark 3.14. It is easy to see that conditions (i) and (ii) in Theorem 3.13 are not comparable. Remark 3.15. Compare Theorem 3.13 to Theorem 1.2 of Aoyama et al., our result is a supplementary to their result. It is noted that, for example, our iteration scheme with a n ≡ 0 and l n ≡ a/(a/K 2 ) is simpler than the one in Theorem 1.2. Acknowledgements The first author is supported by the Thailand Research Fund, the Commission on Higher Education of Thailand and Khon Kaen University under Grant number 5380039. The second author is supported by gran t fun d under the program Strategic Scholarships for Frontier Research Network for the Ph.D. Program Thai Doctoral degree from the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Thailand. The third author is supported by the Thailand Research Fund through the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Program (Grant No. PHD/0188/2552) and Khon Kaen University under the RGJ–Ph.D. scholarship. Finally, the authors thank Professor M. de la Sen and the referees for their comments and suggestions. Authors’ contributions All authors contribute equally and significantly in this research work. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. 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