The following theorem was proved in [1].

Theorem 1. Let S and T be continuous, commuting mappings of a complete, bounded metric space (X, d) into itself satisfying the inequality

for all x, y in X, where 0 ≤ c < 1 and p, p′, q, q′ ≥ 0 are fixed integers with p + p′, q + q′ ≥ 1. Then S and T have a unique common fixed point z. Further, if p′ or q′ = 0, then z is the unique fixed point of S and if p or q = 0, then z is the unique fixed point of T.