Approximation of common fixed points of weakly compatible pairs using the Jungck iteration

We show that the Jungck iteration scheme can be used to approximate the common fixed points of some weakly compatible pairs of generalized quasicontractive operators defined on metric spaces. The existence of coincidence points are also discussed for those pair of maps. The results are generalizations of well known results of the convergence of Picard iterations for single self maps of Banach spaces. In particular, the results improve, generalize and extend the recent results of Berinde [V. Berinde, A common fixed point theorem for compatible quasi contractive self mappings in metric spaces, Applied Mathematics and Computation 213 (2009) 348-354] and answers the open question posed in the paper.