Computational and Applied Mathematics, cilt.45, sa.9, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
This study presents interpolative Kannan-type and Ćirić-Reich-Rus-type fuzzy proximal contractions within the context of complete fuzzy metric spaces. We establish several optimal proximity theorems for this novel approximation through the notion of σ-admissibility and derive results that generalize previously recognized findings in fuzzy metric spaces, accompanied by illustrative examples. We utilize our findings to establish the existence of solutions for fractional-order nonlinear differential equations and for two-point nonlinear boundary value problems associated with the thermal radiation of a “satellite-web-coupling,” thereby demonstrating the viability and effectiveness of our methods.