In this paper, we investigate the relations between the L-fuzzy pre-proximities, L-fuzzy interior operators and L-fuzzy topological spaces in complete residuated lattices. In addition, degrees of L-fuzzy continuity, L-fuzzy proximity and L-fuzzy interior mappings are proposed and their connections are studied. Also, we show that there is a Galois correspondence between the category of separated L-fuzzy interior spaces and that of separated L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces. Finally, we give their examples.
Ward et al. [39] introduced a complete residuated lattice which is an algebraic structure for many valued logic. Bělohlávek [3] investigated information systems and decision rules over complete residuated lattices. Höhle [14] introduced L-fuzzy topologies with algebraic structure L (cqm, quantales, MV-algebra). It has developed in many directions [5, 43].
Recently, Bělohlávek [4] outlined a general theory of fuzzy interior operators and fuzzy interior systems using the structure of the residuated lattice in place of the usual structure of truth value on [0, 1]. Ramadan [29, 31] studied the relationship between L-fuzzy interior systems and L-fuzzy topological spaces from a category viewpoint for a complete residuated lattice L.
Proximity is an important concept in topology and it can be considered either as axiomatizations of geometric notions, close to but quite independent of topology, or as convenient tools for an investigation of topological spaces. Hence proximity has close relations with topology, uniformity and metric. With the development of topology, the theory of proximity makes a massive progress. In the framework of L-topology, many authors generalized the crisp proximity to L-fuzzy setting. Katsaras [18, 19] introduced the concepts of fuzzy topogenous order and fuzzy topogenous structures in completely distributive lattice which are a unified approach to the three spaces: Chang’s fuzzy topologies [6], Katsaras’s fuzzy proximities [16, 17] and Hutton’s fuzzy uniformities [15]. Subsequently, Liu [24], Artico and Moresco [2] extended it into L-fuzzy set theory in view points of Lowen’s fuzzy topology [25]. As an extension of Katsaras’s definition, El-Dardery [8] introduced L-fuzzy topogenous order in view points of Sostak’s fuzzy topology [34–36], smooth fuzzy topology [28] and Kim’s L-fuzzy proximities [21] on strictly two-sided, commutative quantales. L-fuzzy topogenous structures and L-fuzzy proximities [7, 42] have been developed in a slightly different sense.
In this paper, we investigate the relations between the L-fuzzy pre-proximities, L-fuzzy interior operators and L-fuzzy topological spaces in complete residuated lattices. In addition, degrees of L-fuzzy continuity, L-fuzzy proximity and L-fuzzy interior mappings are proposed and their connections are studied. Also, we show that there is a Galois correspondence between the category of separated L-fuzzy interior spaces and that of separated L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces. Finally, we give their examples. In Example 4.4, as an information system as an extension of Pawlak’s rough set [26] and [13, 41], L-fuzzy pre-proximities, L-fuzzy topologies and L-fuzzy interior operators are introduced. By using these concepts, we can apply to information systems and decision makings.
The content of the paper is organized as follows. In section 2, we recall some fundamental concepts and related definitions of L-fuzzy interior and L-fuzzy topology. In section 3, we investigates the relationships between the L-fuzzy pre-proximities and L-fuzzy interior operators. In section 4, we investigates the relation between the L-fuzzy pre-proximities and L-fuzzy topologies. In section 5, there is a Galois correspondence between the category of L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces and that of L-fuzzy interior spaces.
Preliminaries
Definition 2.1 ([3, 37]) An algebra (L, ∧ , ∨ , ⊙ , → , ⊥ , ⊤) is called a complete residuated lattice if it satisfies the following conditions
(C1) (L, ≤ , ∨ , ∧ , ⊥ , ⊤) is a complete lattice with the greatest element ⊤ and the least element ⊥;
(C2) (L, ⊙ , ⊤) is a commutative monoid;
(C3) x ⊙ y ≤ z iff x ≤ y → z for x, y, z ∈ L.
In this paper, we assume that (L, ≤ , ⊙ , ∗) is a complete residuated lattice with an order reversing involution ∗ which is defined by
For α ∈ L, f ∈ LX, we denote (α → f) , (α ⊙ f) , αX ∈ LX as (α → f) (x) = α → f (x) , (α ⊙ f) (x) = α ⊙ f (x) , αX (x) = α,
Some basic properties of the binary operation ⊙ and residuated operation → are collected in the following lemma, and they can be found in many works, for instance ([3, 37]).
Lemma 2.2.For each x, y, z, xi, yi, w ∈ L, we have the following properties.
(1) ⊤ → x = x, ⊥ ⊙ x = ⊥ ,
(2) If y ≤ z, thenx ⊙ y ≤ x ⊙ z, x ⊕ y ≤ x ⊕ z, x → y ≤ x → zandz → x ≤ y → x,
(3) x ≤ y iff x→ y = ⊤,
(4) ,
(5) x → (⋀ iyi) = ⋀ i (x → yi),
(6) (⋁ ixi) → y = ⋀ i (xi → y),
(7) x ⊙ (⋁ iyi) = ⋁ i (x ⊙ yi),
(8) (⋀ ixi) ⊕ y = ⋀ i (xi ⊕ y),
(9) (x ⊙ y) → z = x → (y → z) = y → (x → z),
(10) x ⊙ y = (x → y∗) ∗, x ⊕ y = x∗ → yandx → y = y* → x*,
(11) (x → y) ⊙ (z → w) ≤ (x ⊙ z) → (y ⊙ w),
(12) x → y ≤ (x ⊙ z) → (y ⊙ z) and (x → y) ⊙ (y → z) ≤ x → z,
(18) z → x ≤ (x → y) → (z → y) andy → z ≤ (x → y) → (x → z).
Definition 2.3 [4] Let X be a set. A mapping R : X × X → L is called an L-fuzzy relation on X, then for all x, y, z ∈ X the relation R is said to be
(1) reflexive if ,
(2) symmetric if ,
(3) transitive if .
A L-fuzzy relation on X is called a L-fuzzy pre-order (or L-partial order) if it is reflexive and transitive and called an L-fuzzy equivalence relation if it is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
Lemma 2.4. [4, 9] For a given setX, define a binary mapS : LX × LX → LbyThen, for eachf, g, h, k ∈ LXandα ∈ L, the following properties hold.
(1) S is an L-partial order on LX,
(2) f ≤ g iff S (f, g)≥ ⊤,
(3) If f ≤ g, then S (h, f) ≤ S (h, g) and S (f, h) ≥ S (g, h),
(4) S (f, g) ⊙ S (k, h) ≤ S (f ⊕ k, g ⊕ h) and S (f, g) ⊙ S (k, h) ≤ S (f ⊙ k, g ⊙ h) ,
(5) S (g, h) ≤ S (f, g) → S (f, h) ,
(6) S (f, h) = ⋁ g∈LX (S (f, g) ⊙ S (g, h)),
(7) If φ : X → Y is a map, then for f, g ∈ LX and h, k ∈ LY,
and the equalities hold if φ is bijective.
Definition 2.5 [4, 31] A mapping is called an L-fuzzy interior operator on X if satisfies the following conditions for all f, g ∈ LX:
(I1) ,
(I2) ,
(I3) If f ≤ g, then ,
(I4) .
The pair is called an L-fuzzy interior space.
An L-fuzzy interior space for all α ∈ L and f ∈ LX is called
(T) topological if ,
(St) stratified if ,
(CSt) co-stratified if ,
(S) strong if ,
(SE) separated if for each x ∈ X,
(AL) Alexandrov if for each subfamily {fi : i ∈ Γ} ⊆ LX.
(G) generalized if .
Remark 2.6 An L-fuzzy interior space is stratified if and only if .
Definition 2.7 [14, 32] An L-fuzzy topology on X is a mapping such that
(T1) ,
(T2)
(T3) for each subfamily {fi : i ∈ Γ} ⊆ LX.
The pair is called L-fuzzy topological space.
An L-fuzzy topological space for all α ∈ L and f ∈ LX is
(St) stratified if ,
(CSt) co-stratified (enriched) if ,
(S) strong if it is both stratified and co-stratified,
(SE) separated if ,
(AL) Alexandrov if for each subfamily {fi : i ∈ Γ} ⊆ LX.
A concrete category is a pair where is a category and is a faithful functor(or a forgetful functor). For each -object X, U (X) is called the underlying set of X. Thus, every object in a concrete category can be regarded as a structured set. We write for if the concrete functor is obvious. All of the categories considered in this paper are concrete categories. A concrete functor between two concrete categories and is a functor with U = V ∘ G, which means that G only changes the structures on the underlying sets. Hence, in order to define a concrete functor we only consider the following two requirements. First, we assign to each -object X, a -object G (X) such that V (G (X)) = U (X) . Second, we verify that if a function f : U (X) → U (Y)is a -morphism X → Y, then it is also a -morphism G (X) → G (Y).
Theorem 2.8 [1] Suppose that are concrete functors. Then the following conditions are equivalent:
(1) is a natural transformation from the functor
to the identity functor on , and is a natural transformation from the identity functor to the functor .
(2) For each is a -morphism, and for each is a -morphism.
In this case, (F, G) is called a Galois correspondence between and . If (F, G) is a Galois correspondence, then it is easy to check that F is a left adjoint of G, or equivalently that G is a right adjoint of F.
The relationships between L-fuzzy pre-proximities and L-fuzzy interior spaces
In this section, we investigate the connections between L-fuzzy pre-proximities and L-fuzzy interior spaces.
Definition 3.1 A L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X is a mapping such that for all and :
(P1) ,
(P2)
(P3) If , then ,
(P4) . A L-fuzzy pre-proximity δ on X is called (Q) L-fuzzy quasi-proximity δ on X if ,
(P) L-fuzzy proximity if , where ,
(St) stratified if and ,
(SE) separated if ,
(AL) Alexandrov if for each subfamily ,
(G) generalized if From the following theorem, we obtain the L-fuzzy interior operator induced by a L-fuzzy pre-proximity.
Theorem 3.2 Let (X, δ) be an L-fuzzy pre-proximity space. Define two mapping as follows: Then,
(1) is a stratified L-fuzzy interior space,
(2) If δ is separated, then is separated.
Proof. (1) (I1) Since , then
(I2) Since , then
(I3) For each , we have
(I4) From Lemma 2.4, we obtain
(S) Since we have Hence,
(2) By (I2) and we have
Example 3.3 Let X be a set and be an L-fuzzy pre-order. Define
(P1) and (P3) are easily proved.
(P2) For all ,
(P4) For all , by Lemma 2.2 (2) and (17), Hence, δ is a L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X.
Since δ is stratified. Moreover, δ is Alexandrov and generalized.
(1) Let be given. Then, .
Hence, δ1 is a L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X. Moreover, δ1 is stratified, Alexandrov and generalized. Since , δ1 is not separated.
By Theorem 3.2, we obtain a stratified L-fuzzy interior operator as follows:
(2) Let R = ▵ X×X be given where
Then, δ2 (f, g) = ⋁ x∈X (f (x) ⊙ g (x)) . Hence, δ2 is a L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X. Moreover,
(Q) For all f, g ∈ LX,
Hence, δ2 is an L-fuzzy proximity on X. Since , Moreover, δ2 is separated, stratified, Alexandrov and generalized. By Theorem 3.2, we obtain a strong, separated, generalized and Alexandrov L-fuzzy interior operator as follows:
From the following theorem, we obtain the L-fuzzy pre-proximity induced by an L-fuzzy interior operator.
Theorem 3.5Let be an L-fuzzy interior space. Define a map by
Then, we have the following properties.
(1) is an L-fuzzy pre-proximity,
(2) If is a stratified then, so is and
δ (α ⊙ f, g) ≥ α ⊙ δ (f, g),
(3) , the equality holds if is topological,
(4) If is topological, then is an L-fuzzy quasi- proximity on X,
(5) , the equality holds if is topological,
(6) If is separated, then is separated,
(7) If δ is a separated L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X, then ,
(8) If δ is an L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X, then
(9) If is generalized (resp. Alexandrov), then is generalized (resp.Alexandrov).
Proof.
(1)(P1) Since and , we have
(P2) Since , we have
(P3) If g ≤ g1, f ≤ f1 by (I3), then . Thus,
(T) For f1, f2, g1, g2 ∈ LX,
Hence, is an L-fuzzy pre-proximity.
If is a stratified, by Lemma 2.2(14) and Theorem 3.2(1), we have and
Thus,
It is easy to see that
(3) For f, g, h ∈ LX,
Hence, .
If is topological, then
(4) By (2), it is trivial.
(5) Since from Lemma 2.4, we have
If is topological, then
(6) Let be separated. Then,
(7) For f, g ∈ LX,
(8)
(9) It is easily proved from definitions.□
Corollary 3.6Let be an L-fuzzy interior space. Define a map by
Then, we have the following properties.
(1) is an L-fuzzy pre-proximity. If is a stratified, then is a stratified,
(2) , the equality holds if is topological,
(3) If is topological, then is an L-fuzzy quasi- proximity on X,
(4) , the equality holds if is topological,
(5) If is separated, then is separated,
(6) If δ is a separated L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X, then ,
(7) If δs is an L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X, then
(8) If is generalized (resp. Alexandrov), then is generalized (resp. Alexandrov).
Example 3.7
(1) Define as
(I1), (I2), (I3) and (I4) are easily proved. Hence is a topological, strong, generalized and Alexandrov L-fuzzy interior operator on X. Since and , and are not separated. By Theorem 3.5, we obtain stratified, Alexandrov and generalized L-fuzzy preproximities as
Since is topological, then .
(2) Define as
(I1), (I2), (I3) and (I4) are easily proved. Hence, is a topological, strong, generalized and Alexandrov L-interior operator on X. Since and , and are separated. By Theorem 3.5, we obtain stratified, Alexandrov and generalized L-fuzzy preproximities as
Since is topological, then .
The relationships between L-fuzzy pre-proximities and L-fuzzy topologies
In this section, we investigate the connections between L-fuzzy pre-proximities and L-fuzzy topologies.
Theorem 4.1If δ is Alexandrov L-fuzzy pre-proximity on X. Define a mapping by:
. Then,
(1) is an L-fuzzy topology on X,
(2) If δ is stratified, then is strong,
(3) If δ is separated, then so is .
Proof. (1)(T1)
(T2)
(T3)
(2)
(3) It is easy.□
Theorem 4.2Let be an L-fuzzy interior space. Define a mapping by:
Then,
(1) is an L-fuzzy topology on X with ,
(2) If is Alexandrov (resp. strong, separated), then is Alexandrov (resp. strong, separated).
Proof. (1) (T1)
(T2) From Lemma 2.4, we have
(T3)
(2) By Lemma 2.2 (16), we have
Hence, is Alexandrov L-fuzzy topology on X.
By Lemma 2.2 (14), (18), we have
Other cases are easily proved.□
Theorem 4.3Let (X, δ) be an L-fuzzy pre-proximity space. Define a mapping by:
Then,
(1) is an L-fuzzy topology on X,
(2) If δ is Alexandrov and δ (α ⊙ f, g) ≥ α ⊙ δ (f, g), then so is and ,
(3) If δ is separated, then is separated.
Proof. (1) (T1)
(T2)
(T3)
(2) If δ is Alexandrov, then
Hence, is Alexandrov L-fuzzy topology on X.
If δ (α ⊙ f, g) ≥ α ⊙ δ (f, g), we have
(3) It is easily proved. □
Example 4.4 Let X = {hi ∣ i = {1, . . . , 3}} with hi=house and Y = {e, b, w, c, i} with e=expensive, b= beautiful, w=wooden, c= creative, i=in the green surroundings. Let ([0, 1] , ⊙ , → , *, 0, 1) be a complete residuated lattice as
Let I ∈ [0, 1] X×Y be a fuzzy information as follows:
Define [0, 1]-fuzzy pre-orders , ∈ [0, 1]X×X by
(1) For each , by Example 3.3, we obtain a stratified, Alexandrov and generalized [0, 1]-fuzzy pre-proximity δR : [0, 1] X × [0, 1] X → [0, 1] as
By Theorem 3.2, we obtain a stratified [0, 1]-fuzzy interior operator as
By Theorem 4.1, we obtain a strong [0, 1]-fuzzy topology as
Since,
by Theorem 4.3, we obtain [0, 1]-fuzzy topology as
(2) For each , we obtain a strong, generalized, topological and Alexandrov [0, 1]-fuzzy interior operator as
By Theorem 3.5, we obtain a generalized, topological and Alexandrov [0, 1]-fuzzy quasi-proximity as
By Theorem 4.3, we obtain [0, 1]-fuzzy topologies and as follows:
Since , then
Galois correspondences
We devote this section to a Galois correspondence between the category of separated L-fuzzy interior spaces and that of separated L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces. Also, we mainly define degrees of LF-continuity [40], LF-proximity and LF-interior of mappings to equip each mapping between L-fuzzy topological, L-fuzzy proximity and L-fuzzy interior spaces with some degree to be an LF-continuous, LF-proximity and an LF-interior mapping, respectively. Then, we will study their connections in a degree sense. Moreover, φ always denotes a mapping from X to Y in the following sections.
Definition 5.1 Let and be two L-fuzzy interior spaces. Then, is defined by
is called the degree of LF-interior map for φ. If , then for all h ∈ LY, which is exactly the definition of L-fuzzy interior mapping between L-fuzzy interior spaces.
Definition 5.2 Let and be two L-fuzzy topological spaces. Then, is defined by
is called the degree of LF-continuous map for φ. If , then for all h ∈ LY, which is exactly the definition of L-fuzzy continuous mapping between L-fuzzy topological spaces.
Definition 5.3 Let (X, δX) and (Y, δY) be two L-fuzzy proximity spaces. Then, Dδ (φ) is defined by
is called the degree of LF-proximity map for φ. If Dδ (φ) =⊤, then
δX (φ→ (k) , φ→ (l)) ≤ δY (k, l) ∀ k, l ∈ LY
which is exactly the definition of L-fuzzy proximity mapping between L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces.
Theorem 5.4Let (X, δX) and (Y, δY) be L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces. Then
(1) ,
(2) ,
(3) .
Proof. (1)
(2)
(3)
□
Theorem 5.5 Let and be L-fuzzy
interior spaces. Then,
(1) ,
(2) .
Proof. (1)
(2)
□
The category of separated L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces with LF-proximity mappings as morphisms is denoted by SPROX.
The category of separated L-fuzzy interior spaces with LF-interior mappings as morphisms is denoted by SFI.
From Theorems 3.2 and 5.4, we obtain a concrete functor ϒ : SPROX → SFI defined as
From Theorems 3.4 and 5.5, we obtain a concrete functor Ω : SFI → SPROX defined as
Theorem 5.6Ω : SFI → SPROX is a left adjoint of ϒ : SPROX → SFI, i.e., (ϒ, Ω) is a Galois correspondence.
Proof. By Theorem 3.5(5), if is an separated L-fuzzy interior operator on a set X, then . Hence, the identity map is an LF-interior map.
Moreover, if δY is a separated L-fuzzy pre-proximity on a set Y, by Theorem 3.5(7), . Hence, the identity map is LF-proximity map.
Therefore, (ϒ, Ω) is a Galois correspondence.□
Conclusion
In this paper, L-fuzzy pre-proximities and L-fuzzy interior operators in complete residuated lattice are investigated. It is also shown that there is a Galois correspondence between the category of (separated) L-fuzzy interior spaces and that of (separated) L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces. As extension of Pawlak’s rough set [31], we give Example 4.4 as a viewpoint of the topological structure for fuzzy information and fuzzy rough sets in a complete residuated lattice.
In the future, by using the concepts of L-fuzzy pre-proximity spaces, information systems and decision rules with a view point of applications to multi-attribute decision-making are investigated in residuated lattices [40].
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