Next Article in Journal
Stabilization of a Logarithmic Viscoelastic Wave Equation with the Not Necessarily Decreasing Kernel and Distributed Delay
Previous Article in Journal
About a Problem of Stabilization by Noise for a System of Linear Differential Equations
Previous Article in Special Issue
A New Generalization of Legendre-Based Appell Polynomials with Two Parameters and Their Applications
 
 
Font Type:
Arial Georgia Verdana
Font Size:
Aa Aa Aa
Line Spacing:
Column Width:
Background:
This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon.
Article

Weak Monotone Fixed Points for Positive–Negative Guarded Language Systems in a Length-Based Ultrametric Space

1
Department of Management, Business and Economics, UBT–Higher Education Institution, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo
2
Department of Software Technology, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
3
Department of Mathematical Analysis, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Axioms 2026, 15(6), 440; https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms15060440 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 8 May 2026 / Revised: 4 June 2026 / Accepted: 11 June 2026 / Published: 13 June 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Applications in Functional Analysis)

Abstract

We study positive–negative guarded systems of language equations over a fixed finite alphabet. The ambient space is the complete ultrametric space of all formal languages equipped with a length-based distance, where two languages are close whenever they agree on all words up to a sufficiently large length. The systems considered here contain both positive recursive dependencies and negative dependencies expressed through language complements. To handle this mixed structure, we introduce a suitable product order on pairs of languages and prove that the associated system operator has the weak monotone property. We show that the complement is an isometry for the length-based ultrametric and establish a signed wrapping estimate for guarded positive and negative language terms. These estimates lead to an ordered contraction principle for comparable pairs. As a consequence, the canonical lower and upper Picard iterations converge to the same limit, which is the unique fixed pair of the system. We also derive an explicit convergence rate and a finite-depth certification result: after a prescribed number of iterations, the approximants agree with the fixed-point semantics on all words below a given length. Additional symmetry assumptions are shown to force the unique fixed pair to be diagonal, reducing the system to a single language equation. Finally, we discuss an application to trace-based policies for tool-using AI agents. In this interpretation, finite executions of an agent are represented as words over an alphabet of observable tool-events, and the two components of the fixed point provide a stable semantics for policy-defined admissible and risky trace classes. The resulting framework gives a mathematically certified method for finite-depth analysis of recursive trace-based policies based on ultrametric fixed-point techniques.
Keywords: formal languages; length-based ultrametric spaces; positive–negative guarded systems; weak monotone mappings; ordered contractions; fixed points; Picard iteration; finite-depth certification; trace-based policies formal languages; length-based ultrametric spaces; positive–negative guarded systems; weak monotone mappings; ordered contractions; fixed points; Picard iteration; finite-depth certification; trace-based policies

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Ajeti, L.; Hristov, H.; Ilchev, A.; Zlatanov, B. Weak Monotone Fixed Points for Positive–Negative Guarded Language Systems in a Length-Based Ultrametric Space. Axioms 2026, 15, 440. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms15060440

AMA Style

Ajeti L, Hristov H, Ilchev A, Zlatanov B. Weak Monotone Fixed Points for Positive–Negative Guarded Language Systems in a Length-Based Ultrametric Space. Axioms. 2026; 15(6):440. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms15060440

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ajeti, Laura, Hristo Hristov, Atanas Ilchev, and Boyan Zlatanov. 2026. "Weak Monotone Fixed Points for Positive–Negative Guarded Language Systems in a Length-Based Ultrametric Space" Axioms 15, no. 6: 440. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms15060440

APA Style

Ajeti, L., Hristov, H., Ilchev, A., & Zlatanov, B. (2026). Weak Monotone Fixed Points for Positive–Negative Guarded Language Systems in a Length-Based Ultrametric Space. Axioms, 15(6), 440. https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms15060440

Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.

Article Metrics

Back to TopTop