Coupled fixed point theorems for mixed monotone mappings in ordered partial metric spaces

We establish coupled fixed point theorems for mixed monotone mappings satisfying nonlinear contraction involving two altering distance functions in ordered partial metric spaces. Presented theorems extend and generalize the results of Bhaskar and Lakshmikantham [T.G. Bhaskar and V. Lakshmikantham, Fixed point theorems in partially ordered metric spaces and applications, Nonlinear Anal. 65 (2006) 1379-1393] and Harjani etal. [J. Harjani, B. López and K. Sadarangani, Fixed point theorems for mixed monotone operators and applications to integral equations, Nonlinear Anal. 74 (2011) 1749-1760]. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.