Introduction/purpose: This paper considers, generalizes and improves recent results on fixed points in rectangular metric spaces. The aim of this paper is to provide much simpler and shorter proofs of some new results in rectangular metric spaces. Methods: Some standard methods from the fixed point theory in generalized metric spaces are used. Results: The obtained results improve the well-known results in the literature. The new approach has proved that the Picard sequence is Cauchy in rectangular metric spaces. The obtained results are used to prove the existence of solutions to some nonlinear problems related to chemical sciences. Finally, an open question is given for generalized contractile mappings in rectangular metric spaces. Conclusions: New results are given for fixed points in rectangular metric spaces with application to some problems in chemical sciences.

We present some new results for ??L-rational contractive and cyclic ??L- rational contractive mappings defined in dl-complete metric-like spaces (also known as dislocated metric spaces). We have showed that established results for both types of contractive mappings are in the fact equivalent. By using this result obtained so far we discuss some examples at the end of this paper. All these examples show the advantage of our results.