Abstract
In recent years, fuzzy multisets and neutrosophic sets have become a subject of great interest for researchers and have been widely applied to algebraic structures include groups, rings, fields and lattices. Neutrosophic multiset is a generalization of multisets and neutrosophic sets. In this paper, we proposed a algebraic structure on neutrosophic multisets is called neutrosophic multigroups which allow the truth-membership, indeterminacy-membership and falsity-membership sequence have a set of real values between zero and one. This new notation of group as a bridge among neutrosophic multiset theory, set theory and group theory and also shows the effect of neutrosophic multisets on a group structure. We finally derive the basic properties of neutrosophic multigroups and give its applications to group theory.
1. Introduction
In the real world, there are much uncertainty information which cannot be handled by crisp values. The fuzzy set theory [] has been an age old and effective tool to tackle uncertainty information by introduced Zadeh but it can be applied only on random process. Therefore, on the basis of fuzzy set theory, Sebastian and Ramakrishnan [] introduced Multi-Fuzzy Sets, Atanassov [] proposed intuitionistic fuzzy set theory, Shinoj and John [] initiated intuitionistic fuzzy multisets. Recently, the above theories have developed in many directions and found its applications in a wide variety of fields including algebraic structures. For example, on fuzzy sets [,,], on fuzzy multi sets [,,], on intuitionistic fuzzy sets [,,,,,,,,], on intuitionistic fuzzy multi sets [] are some of the selected works.
But these theories cannot manage the all types of uncertainties, such as indeterminate and inconsistent information some decision-making problems. For instance, “when we ask the opinion of an expert about certain statement, he or she may that the possibility that the statement is true is 0.5 and the statement is false is 0.6 and the degree that he or she is not sure is 0.2” []. In order to overcome this shortage, Smarandache [] introduced neutrosophic set theory to makes the theory of Atanassov [] very convenient and easily applicable in practice. Then, Wang et al. [] gave the some operations and results of single valued neutrosophic set theory. In order to establish the algebraic structures of neutrosophic sets, some authors gave definition of neutrosophic groups [,,,] that is actually a example of a group. To develop the neutrosophic set theory, the concept of neutrosophic multi sets was initiated by Deli et al. [] and Ye [,] for modeling vagueness and uncertainty. Using their definitions, in this paper, we define a new type of neutrosophic group on a neutrosophic multi set, which we call neutrosophic multi set group. Since this new concept a brings the neutrosophic multi set theory, set theory and the group theory together, it is very functional in the sense of improving the neutrosophic multi set theory with respect to group structure. Rosenfeld [] extended the classical group theory to fuzzy set. By using the definitions and results on fuzzy sets in [,] and on intuitionistic fuzzy multiset in [], we applied the definitions and results to neutrosophic multi set theory.The above set theories have been applied to many different areas including neutrosophic environments have been studied by many researchers in [,,,,,,,,]. In this paper the notion of neutrosophic multigroup along with some related properties have been introduced by follow the results of intuitionistic fuzzy group theory. This concept will bring a new opportunity in research and development of neutrosophic sets theory.
The paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we briefly review some preliminary concepts that will be used in the paper. In Section 3, we introduce the concept of neutrosophic multi group and give several basic properties and operations. In Section 4, we give some applications to the group theory with respect to neutrosophic multi groups. In Section 5, we make some concluding remarks and suggest.
2. Preliminary
In this section, we present basic definitions of fuzzy set theory, multi fuzzy set theory, intuitionistic fuzzy set theory, intuitionistic fuzzy multi set theory, neutrosophic set theory and neutrosophic multi set theory. For more detailed explanations related to this section, we refer to the earlier studies [,,,,,,,].
Definition 1 ([]).
Let E be a universe.
Then, a fuzzy set X over E is defined by
where is called membership function of X and defined by . For each , the value represents the degree of x belonging to the fuzzy set X.
Definition 2 ([]).
Let X be a non-empty set. A multi-fuzzy set A on X is defined as:
where for all and .
Definition 3 ([]).
Let X be a nonempty set. An Intuitionistic Fuzzy Multi-set A denoted by IFMS drawn from X is characterized by two functions: ‘count membership’ of and ‘count non membership’ of given respectively by and where Q is the set of all crisp multi-sets drawn from the unit interval such that, for each , the membership sequence is defined as a decreasingly ordered sequence of elements in which is denoted by where and the corresponding non membership sequence will be denoted by such that for every and . An IFMS A is denoted by
Definition 4 ([]).
Length of an element x in an A defined as the Cardinality of or for which and it is denoted by That is,
Proposition 1 ([]).
Let ; then, the following results hold:
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
- 4.
- 5.
- 6.
Definition 5 ([]).
Let X be a group. An intuitionistic fuzzy multiset G over X is an intuitionistic fuzzy multi group over X if the counts(count membership and non membership) of G satisfies the following four conditions:
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
- 4.
Definition 6 ([]).
Let X be a space of points (objects), with a generic element in X denoted by x. A neutrosophic set(N-set) A in X is characterized by a truth-membership function , a indeterminacy-membership function and a falsity-membership function . , and are real standard or nonstandard subsets of .
It can be written as
There is no restriction on the sum of ; and , so .
Here, 1 = 1+ε, where 1 is its standard part and ε its non-standard part. Similarly, = 1+ε, where 0 is its standard part and ε its non-standard part.
Definition 7 ([]).
Let E be a universe. A neutrosophic multiset set(Nms) A on E can be defined as follows:
where
and
such that
() and
for any ., and is the truth-membership sequence, indeterminacy-membership sequence and falsity-membership sequence of the element x, respectively. In addition, P is called the dimension(cardinality) of Nms A, denoted d(A). We arrange the truth-membership sequence in decreasing order, but the corresponding indeterminacy-membership and falsity-membership sequence may not be in decreasing or increasing order.
Definition 8 ([,]).
Let A, B be two Nms. Then,
- 1.
- A is said to be Nm-subset of B is denoted by if , , , and .
- 2.
- A is said to be neutrosophic equal of B is denoted by if , , , and .
- 3.
- The union of A and B is denoted by and is defined bywhere , , , and .
- 4.
- The intersection of A and B is denoted by and is defined bywhere , , , and .
3. Neutrosophic Multigroups
In this section, we introduce neutrosophic multigroups and investigate their basic properties. Throughout this section,
- Let X be a group with a binary operation and the identity element is e.
- denotes the set of all neutrosophic multisets over the X.
- denotes the set of all neutrosophic multi groups over the group X.
Definition 9.
Let X be a group Then, is defined as
where , and for all .
Definition 10.
Let X be a classical group Then, A is called a neutrosophic multi groupoid over X if
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
for all and .
A is called a neutrosophic multi group(NM-group) over X if the neutrosophic multi groupoid satisfies
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
for all and .
Example 1.
Assume that is a classical group. Then,
is a -group. However,
is not a -group because is not greater than or equal to .
From the Definition 10 and Example 1, it is clear that a -group is a generalized case of fuzzy group and intuitionistic fuzzy multi group.
Proposition 2.
Let X be a classical group and . If ; then,
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
for all and .
Proof.
Since A an over X, then
- for all and .
- for all and .
- for all and .
□
Proposition 3.
Let X be a classical group and . If , then
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
for all and .
Proof.
Since A an over X, then
- for all and .
- for all and .
- for all and .
□
Definition 11.
Let Y be a subgroup of and . If , then B is called a neutrosophic multi subgroup of A over X and denoted by
Example 2.
Assume that is a classical group. We define A and B neutrosophic multi group over by
Then, B is a neutrosophic multi subgroup of A over and denoted by
Theorem 1.
Let X be a group . Then, A is an if and only if and for all .
Proof.
Assume that A is an over X. Then,
for all and .
for all and .
for all and .
Conversely, the given condition be satisfied. Firstly,
Secondly,
Thirdly,
so the proof is complete. □
Definition 12.
Let Then, their “AND” operation is denoted by and is defined by
where , , .
Theorem 2.
Let Then, is a neutrosophic multi group over
Proof.
Let Then,
and
for all and . Therefore, is a neutrosophic multi group over hence the proof. □
Example 3.
Let us take into consideration the classical group . Define the neutrosophic multiset on as follows:
Then,
Definition 13.
Let X be a classical group and Then, their “OR” operation is denoted by and is defined by
where , , .
Proposition 4.
Let Then, , , .
Proof.
Let Then,
and
for all and —hence the proof.
From this, it is clear that, if then iff □
Corollary 1.
Let Then, need not be an element of
Example 4.
Let us take into consideration the classical group . Define the neutrosophic multiset on as follows:
However, . Then,
Theorem 3.
Let X be a classical group and Then, the followings are equivalent:
- 1.
- for all .
- 2.
- for all
- 3.
- for all
- 4.
- for all
Proof.
- : Let Then,
- : Immediate.
- : Let Then,Hence,
□
Definition 14.
Let X be a group, and B is a nonempty neutrosophic multi subset of A over Then, B is called an abelian neutrosophic multi subset of A if for all .
Example 5.
and are normal neutrosophic multi subgroup of If X is a commutative group, every neutrosophic multi subgroup of X is normal.
Definition 15.
Let X be a group, and B is a neutrosophic multi subgroup of A over Then, B is called an a normal neutrosophic multi subgroup of A, denoted by if it is an abelian neutrosophic multi subset of A over X.
Example 6.
Assume that is a classiccal group. Define the neutrosophic multisets A and B on as follows:
is a NM-group. If
then B is a neutrosophic multi subgroup of A over and denoted by Therefore,
Corollary 2.
Let and B be a neutrosophic multi subgroup of A over X. If X is an abelian group, then B is a normal neutrosophic multi subgroup of A over X.
4. Applications of Neutrosophic Multi Groups
In this section, we give some applications to the group theory with respect to neutrosophic multi groups.
Definition 16.
Let A be a neutrosophic multiset on X and Define the α-level sets of A as follows:
It is easy to verify that
Proposition 5.
A is a neutrosophic multi group of a classical group X if and only if for all , α-level sets of and are classical subgroups of
Proof.
Let A be a neutrosophic multi subgroup of X, and (similarly By the assumption, (and similarly, and ). Hence, (and similarly ) for each This means that (and similarly ) is a classical subgroup of X for each
Conversely, let be a classical subgroup of for each Let and Since and are classical subgroups of and Thus, and Similarly, and □
Theorem 4.
Let be the classical groups and be a group homomorphism. If A is a neutrosophic multi subgroup of , then the image of is a neutrosophic multi subgroup of .
Proof.
Let and If or then it is clear that . Let us assume that there exists such that and . Since g is a group homomorphism,
By using the above inequalities, let us prove that
This is satisfied for each with and then it is obvious that
Hence, the image of a neutrosophic multi subgroup is also a neutrosophic multi subgroup. □
Theorem 5.
Let be the classical groups and be a group homomorphism. If B is a neutrosophic multi subgroup of , then the preimage is a neutrosophic multi subgroup of .
Proof.
Let and Since g is a group homomorphism, the following inequality is obtained:
Therefore, . □
Definition 17.
Let X be a classical group. then, the compound function of A and A is defined as
where , and
Theorem 6.
Let Then, iff and
Proof.
Let and
Now, by Proposition 2, we get the conditions. Conversely, suppose and
since ; then, to prove it enough to prove that , and
Now,
hence the proof. □
Corollary 3.
Let Then, iff and
Proof.
Let Then,
Therefore,
Hence, by the above theorem, the proof is complete. □
Theorem 7.
Let X be a classical group and If , then
Proof.
Let be arbitrary:
Now,
From (1), (2) and (3), hence the proof. □
Remark 1.
Let X be a classical group and be neutrosophic multiset on X. If is a family of over then their intersection is also a over
Proposition 6.
Let Then,
Proof.
Let Now,
hence the proof.
From this, it is clear that, if then iff □
Corollary 4.
Let Then, need not be an element of
Example 7.
Assume that is a classical group. Then,
However, as . Then,
Proposition 7.
If and is a subgroup of then (i.e., A restricted to and is a neutrosophic multi subgroup of
Proof.
Let Then, Now,
The second part is trivial. □
Definition 18.
Let and be two neutrosophic multi groups over the groups X and Y, respectively. Then, the Cartesian product of A and B is defined as where
where , , .
Example 8.
Assume that and are classiccal groups. Define the neutrosophic multi group A on and B on as follows:
Then, is a neutrosophic multi group.
Theorem 8.
Let The cartesian product of A and B is denoted by
Proof.
From the Theorem 1, it is clear that a is a neutrosophic multi group:
and
for all and —hence the proof. □
5. Conclusions
The concept of a group is of fundamental importance in the study of algebra. In this paper, the algebraic structure of neutrosophic multiset is introduced as a neutrosophic multigroup. The neutrosophic multigroup is a generalized case of intuitionistic fuzzy multigroup and fuzzy multigroup. The various basic operations, definitions and theorems related to neutrosophic multigroup have been discussed. The foundations which we made through this paper can be used to get an insight into the higher order structures of group theory.
Author Contributions
All authors contributed equally.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript:
| NMG | Neutrosophic Multigroup |
| NMS | Neutrosophic Multiset |
| IFMS | Intuitionistic Fuzzy Multiset |
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