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  Fuzzy Foldness of P-Ideals in BCI-Algebras
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mahasin</surname><given-names>A. Ahmed</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sub>1</sub></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><label>1</label><addr-line>Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Republic of Sudan</addr-line></aff><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>08</volume><issue>10</issue><fpage>2129</fpage><lpage>2141</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>3,</day>	<month>August</month>	<year>2020</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>17,</day>	<month>October</month>	<year>2020</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>20,</day>	<month>October</month>	<year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  This paper aims to introduce new notions of (fuzzy) n-fold P-ideals and (fuzzy) n-fold weak P-ideals in BCI-algebras, and investigate several properties of the foldness theory of P-ideals in BCI-algebras. Finally, we construct a computer-program for studying the foldness theory of P-ideals in BCI-algebras.
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>BCK/BCI Algebras</kwd><kwd> P-Ideals of BCI-Algebras</kwd><kwd> Fuzzy P-Ideal of BCI-Algebra</kwd><kwd> Fuzzypoint</kwd><kwd> (Fuzzy) n-Fold P-Ideals</kwd><kwd> (Fuzzy) n-Fold Weak P-Ideals</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>The study of BCK/BCI-algebras was initiated by Is&#233;ki [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref1">1</xref>] as a generalization of the concept of set-theoretic difference and propositional calculus. Since then, a great deal of theorems has been produced on the theory of BCK/BCI-algebras. In (1965), Zadeh [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref2">2</xref>] was introduced the notion of a fuzzy subset of a set as a method for representing uncertainty. In 1991, Xi [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref3">3</xref>] defined fuzzy subsets in BCK/BCI-algebras.</p><p>Huang and Chen [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref4">4</xref>] introduced the notions of n-fold implicative ideal and n-fold (weak) commutative ideals. Y. B. Jun [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref5">5</xref>] discussed the fuzzification of n-fold positive implicative, commutative, and implicative ideal of BCK-algebras.</p><p>In this paper, we redefined a P-ideal of BCI-algebras and studied the foldness theory of fuzzy P-ideals, P-weak ideals, fuzzy weak P-ideals, and weak P-weak ideals in BCI-algebras. This theory can be considered as a natural generalization of P-ideals. Indeed, given any BCI-algebras X, we use the concept of fuzzy point to characterize n-fold P-ideals in X. Finally, we construct some algorithms for studying the foldness theory of P-ideals in BCI-algebras.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Preliminaries</title><p>Here we include some elementary aspects of BCI that are necessary for this paper. For more detail, we refer to [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref4">4</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref6">6</xref>].</p><p>An algebra ( X ; ∗ , 0 ) of type (2, 0) is called BCI-algebra if</p><p>∀   x , y , z ∈ X the following conditions hold:</p><p>BCI-1. ( ( x ∗ y ) ∗ ( x ∗ z ) ) ∗ ( z ∗ y ) = 0 ;</p><p>BCI-2. ( x ∗ ( x ∗ y ) ) ∗ y = 0 ;</p><p>BCI-3. x ∗ x = 0 ;</p><p>BCI-4. x ∗ y = 0 and y ∗ x = 0 ⇒ x = y .</p><p>A binary relation ≤ can be defined by</p><p>BCI-5. x ≤ y ⇔ x ∗ y = 0 .</p><p>Then ( X , ≤ ) is a partially ordered set with least element 0.</p><p>The following properties also hold in any BCI-algebra [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref7">7</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref8">8</xref>]:</p><p>1) x ∗ 0 = x ;</p><p>2) x ∗ y = 0 and y ∗ z = 0 ⇒ x ∗ z = 0 ;</p><p>3) x ∗ y = 0 ⇒ ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) = 0 and ( z ∗ y ) ∗ ( z ∗ x ) = 0 ;</p><p>4) ( x ∗ y ) ∗ z = ( x ∗ z ) ∗ y ;</p><p>5) ( x ∗ y ) ∗ x = 0 ;</p><p>6) x ∗ ( x ∗ ( x ∗ y ) ) = x ∗ y ; let ( X , ∗ , 0 ) be a BCI-algebra.</p><p>Definition 2.1. A fuzzy subset of a BCK/BCI-algebra X is a function μ : X → [ 0 , 1 ] .</p><p>Definition 2.2. (C. Lele, C. Wu, P. Weke, T. Mamadou, and C.E. Njock [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref9">9</xref>] ). Let ξ be the family of all fuzzy sets in X. For x ∈ X and λ ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] , x λ ∈ ξ is a fuzzy point if</p><p>x λ ( y ) = { λ   if   x = y , 0 otherwise .</p><p>We denote by X ˜ = { x λ : x ∈ X , λ ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] } the set of all fuzzy points on X, and we define a binary operation on X ˜ as follows</p><p>x λ ∗ y μ = ( x ∗ y ) min ( λ , μ )</p><p>It is easy to verify ∀ x λ , y μ , z α ∈ X ˜ , the following conditions hold:</p><p>BCI-1’. ( ( x λ ∗ y μ ) ∗ ( x λ ∗ z α ) ) ∗ ( z α ∗ y μ ) = 0 min ( λ , μ , α ) ;</p><p>BCI-2’. ( x λ ∗ ( x λ ∗ y μ ) ) ∗ y μ = 0 min ( λ , μ ) ;</p><p>BCI-3’. x λ ∗ x μ = 0 min ( λ , μ ) ;</p><p>BCK-5’. 0 μ ∗ x λ = 0 min ( λ , μ ) .</p><p>Remark 2.3. (C. Lele, C. Wu, P. Weke, T. Mamadou, and C.E. Njock [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref9">9</xref>] ). The condition BCI-4 is not true ( X ˜ , ∗ ) . So the partial order ≤ ( X , ∗ ) cannot be extended to ( X ˜ , ∗ ) .</p><p>We can also establish the following conditions ∀ x λ , y μ , z α ∈ X ˜ :</p><p>1’) x λ ∗ 0 μ = x min ( λ , μ ) ;</p><p>2’) x λ ∗ y μ = 0 min ( λ , μ ) and y μ ∗ z α = 0 min ( μ , α ) ⇒ x λ ∗ z α = 0 min ( λ , α ) ;</p><p>3’) x λ ∗ y μ = 0 min ( λ , μ ) ⇒ ( x λ ∗ z α ) ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) = 0 min ( λ , μ , α ) and</p><p>( z α ∗ y μ ) ∗ ( z α ∗ x λ ) = 0 min ( λ , μ , α ) ;</p><p>4’) ( x λ ∗ y μ ) ∗ z α = ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ y μ ;</p><p>5’) ( x λ ∗ y μ ) ∗ x λ = 0 ( λ , μ ) ;</p><p>6’) x λ ∗ ( x λ ∗ ( x λ ∗ y μ ) ) = x λ ∗ y μ .</p><p>We recall that if A is a fuzzy subset of a BCK/BCI algebra X, then we have the following:</p><p>A ˜ = { x λ ∈ X ˜ : A ( x ) ≥ λ , λ ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] } . (1)</p><p>∀ λ ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] , X ˜ λ = { x λ : x ∈ X } , and A ˜ λ = { x λ ∈ X ˜ λ : A ( x ) ≥ λ } (2)</p><p>We also have X ˜ λ ⊆ X ˜ , A ˜ ⊆ X ˜ , A ˜ λ ⊆ A ˜ , A ˜ λ ⊆ X ˜ λ , and one can easily check that ( X ˜ λ ; ∗ , 0 λ ) it is a BCK-algebra.</p><p>Definition 2.4 (Is&#232;ki [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref10">10</xref>] ). A nonempty subset of BCK/BCI-algebra X is called an ideal of X if it satisfies</p><p>1) 0 ∈ I ;</p><p>2) ∀   x , y ∈ X , ( x ∗ y ∈ I   and   y ∈ I ) ⇒ x ∈ I .</p><p>Definition 2.5. A nonempty subset I of BCI-algebra X is P-ideal if it satisfies:</p><p>1) 0 ∈ I ;</p><p>2) ∀   x , y , z ∈ X</p><p>( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ∈ I     and     y ∈ I ) ⇒ x ∈ I</p><p>Definition 2.6 (Xi [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref11">11</xref>] ). A fuzzy subset A of a BCK/BCI algebra X is a fuzzy ideal if</p><p>1) ∀   x ∈ X , A ( 0 ) ≥ A ( x ) ;</p><p>2) ∀   x , y ∈ X , A ( x ) ≥ min ( A ( x ∗ y ) , A ( y ) ) .</p><p>Definition 2.7 (Xi [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref11">11</xref>] ). A fuzzy subset A of a BCI-algebra X is called a fuzzy P-ideal of X if.</p><p>1) ∀   x ∈ X , A ( 0 ) ≥ A ( x ) ;</p><p>2) ∀   x , y , z ∈ X</p><p>A ( x ) ≥ min ( A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ) ∗ A ( y ) )</p><p>Definition 2.8 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref12">12</xref>]. A ˜ is a weak ideal of X ˜ if</p><p>1) ∀   ν ∈ Im ( A ) ; 0 ν ∈ A ˜ ;</p><p>2) ∀   x λ , y μ ∈ X . Such that x λ ∗ y μ ∈ A ˜ and y μ ∈ A ˜ , we have</p><p>x min ( λ , μ ) ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>Theorem 2.9 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref13">13</xref>]. Suppose that A is a fuzzy subset of a BCK-algebra X, then the following conditions are equivalent:</p><p>1) A is a fuzzy ideal;</p><p>2) ∀ x λ , y μ ∈ A ˜ , ( z α ∗ y μ ) ∗ x λ = 0 min ( λ , μ , α ) ⇒ z min ( λ , μ , α ) ∈ A ˜ ;</p><p>3) ∀ t ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] , the t-level subset A t = { x ∈ X : A ( x ) ≥ t } in an ideal when A t ≠ ϕ ;</p><p>4) A ˜ is a weak ideal.</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Fuzzy n-Fold P-Ideals in BCI-Algebras</title><p>Throughout this paper X ˜ is the set of fuzzy points on BCI-algebra X and n ∈ ℕ (where ℕ the set of all the natural numbers).</p><p>Let us denote ( ⋯ ( ( x ∗ y ) ∗ y ) ∗ ⋯ ) ∗ y by x ∗ y n .</p><p>Moreover, ( ⋯ ( ( x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ 0 μ ) ∗ 0 μ ) ∗ ⋯ ) ∗ 0 μ by x λ ∗ y μ n (where y and y μ occurs respectively n times) with x , y ∈ X , x λ , y λ ∈ X ˜ .</p><p>Definition 3.1. A nonempty subset I of a BCI-algebra X is an n-fold P-ideal of X if it satisfies :</p><p>1) 0 ∈ I ;</p><p>2) ∀   x , y , z ∈ X ,</p><p>( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ∈ I     and     y ∈ I ) ⇒ x ∗ z n ∈ I .</p><p>Definition 3.2. A fuzzy subset A of X is called a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal of X if it satisfies :</p><p>1) ∀ x ∈ X , A ( 0 ) ≥ A ( x ) ;</p><p>2) ∀   x , y , z ∈ X ,</p><p>A ( x ∗ z n ) ≥ min ( A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ) ∗ A ( y ) ) .</p><p>Definition 3.3. A ˜ is P-weak ideal of X ˜ if</p><p>1) ∀ ν ∈ Im ( A ) , 0 ν ∈ A ˜ ;</p><p>2) ∀ x λ , y μ , z α ∈ X ˜ ,</p><p>( ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) ∈ A ˜     and     y μ ∈ A ˜ ) ⇒ x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ z α A ˜ .</p><p>Definition 3.4. A ˜ is an n-fold P-weak ideal of X ˜ if</p><p>1) ∀ ν ∈ Im ( A ) , 0 ν ∈ A ˜ ;</p><p>2) ∀ x λ , y μ , z α ∈ X ˜ ,</p><p>( ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) ∈ A ˜     and     y μ ∈ A ˜ ) ⇒ x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ z α n ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>Example 3.5. Let X = { 0 , a , b , c } with ∗ defined by <xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref>.</p><p>By simple computations, one can prove that ( X , ∗ , 0 ) is BCI-algebra. Define μ : X → [ 0 , 1 ] by μ ( 0 ) = 1 , μ ( a ) = μ ( b ) = μ ( c ) = t , where t ∈ [ 0 , 1 ] .</p><table-wrap id="table1" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref></label><caption><title> Example 3.5</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >*</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >0</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >a</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >b</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >c</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >a</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >a</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >b</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >b</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >b</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>One can easily check that for any n ≥ 3 .</p><p>Is a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal.</p><p>Remark 3.6. A ˜ is a 1-fold P-weak ideal of a BCK-algebra X ˜ if A ˜ is P-weak ideal of X ˜ .</p><p>Theorem 3.7. If A is a fuzzy subset of X, then A is a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal if A ˜ is an n-fold P-weak ideal.</p><p>Proof. ⇒</p><p>- Let λ ∈ Im ( A ) , it is easy to prove that 0 λ ∈ A ˜ ;</p><p>- Let ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) ∈ A ˜ and y μ ∈ A ˜</p><p>A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ) ≥ min ( λ , μ , α ) and A ( y ) ≥ μ .</p><p>Since A is a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal, we have</p><p>A ( x ∗ z n ) ≥ min ( A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ) ∗ A ( y ) ) ≥ min ( min ( λ , μ , α ) , μ ) = min ( λ , μ , α )</p><p>Therefore ( x ∗ z n ) min ( λ , μ , α ) = x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ z α n ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>⇐</p><p>- Let x ∈ X , it is easy to prove that A ( 0 ) ≥ A ( x ) ;</p><p>- Let x , y , z ∈ X and let A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ) = β and A ( y ) = α , then ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ) min ( β , α ) = ( ( x β ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y α ∗ z α ) ) ∈ A ˜ and y α ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>Since A ˜ is P-weak ideal, we have</p><p>x min ( β , α ) ∗ z α n = ( x ∗ z n ) min ( β , α ) ∈ A ˜</p><p>Thus A ( x ∗ z n ) ≥ min ( β , α ) = min ( A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z ) ) , A ( y ) ) . □</p><p>Proposition 3.8. An n-fold P-weak ideal is a weak ideal.</p><p>Proof. ∀ x λ , y μ ∈ X ˜ let x λ ∗ y μ = ( x λ ∗ 0 μ ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ 0 μ ) ∈ A ˜ and y μ ∈ A ˜ , since A ˜ n-fold P-weak ideal, we have</p><p>x min ( λ , μ ) = x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ 0 μ n ∈ A ˜</p><p>Thus A ˜ is a weak ideal.</p><p>Corollary 3.9. A fuzzy n-fold P-ideal is a fuzzy ideal.</p><p>Theorem 3.10. Let { A ˜ i ∈ I } be a family of n-fold P-weak ideals and { A i ∈ I } be a family of fuzzy-fold P-ideals. Then: 1) ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i is an n-fold P-weak ideal.</p><p>2) ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i is an n-fold P-weak ideal.</p><p>3) ∩ i ∈ I A i is a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal.</p><p>4) ∪ i ∈ I A i is a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal.</p><p>Proof. 1) ∀   λ ∈ Im ( ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i ) , then λ ∈ Im ( A ˜ i ) , ∀ i , so, 0 λ ∈ A ˜ i , ∀ i , i.e. 0 λ ∈ ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i . For every x μ , y λ , z α ∈ X ˜ , if ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) ∈ ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i and y μ ∈ ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i , then</p><p>( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) ∈ A ˜ i and y μ ∈ A ˜ i ∀ i , thus</p><p>x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ z α n ∈ A ˜ i ,   ∀ i</p><p>So x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ z α n ∈ ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i . Thus ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i is an n-fold P-weak ideals.</p><p>2) ∀   λ ∈ Im ( ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i ) , then ∃ i 0 ∈ I , such that λ ∈ A ˜ i 0 , so, 0 λ ∈ A ˜ i 0 , i.e. 0 λ ∈ ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i . For every x μ , y λ , z α ∈ X ˜ , if ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) ∈ ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i and y μ ∈ ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i , then ∃ i 0 ∈ I such that</p><p>( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) ∈ A ˜ i 0 and y μ ∈ A ˜ i 0 , thus x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ z α n ∈ A ˜ i 0 .</p><p>So x min ( λ , μ ) ∗ z α n ∈ ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i . Thus ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i is an n-fold P-weak ideals.</p><p>3) Follows from 1) and Theorem 3.7.</p><p>4) Follows from 2) and Theorem 3.7.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Fuzzy-Fold Weak P-Ideals in BCI-Algebras</title><p>In this section, we define and give some characterizations of (fuzzy) n-fold weak P-weak ideals in BCI-algebras.</p><p>Definition 4.1. A nonempty subset I of X is called an n-fold weak P-ideal of X if it satisfies</p><p>1) 0 ∈ I ;</p><p>2) ∀ x , y , z ∈ X ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z n ) ∈ I     and     y ∈ I ) ⇒ x ∈ I .</p><p>Definition 4.2. A fuzzy subset A of X is called a fuzzy n-fold weak P-ideal of X if it satisfies</p><p>1) ∀ x ∈ X , A ( 0 ) ≥ A ( x ) ;</p><p>2) ∀ x , y , z , A ( x ) ≥ min ( A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z n ) ) , A ( y ) ) .</p><p>Definition 4.3. A ˜ is a weak P-weak ideal of X ˜ if</p><p>1) ∀ ν ∈ Im ( A ) , 0 ν ∈ A ˜ ;</p><p>2) ∀ x λ , y μ , z α ∈ X ˜</p><p>( ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α ) ∈ A ˜     and     y μ ∈ A ˜ ) ⇒ x min ( λ , μ , α ) ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>Definition 4.4. A ˜ is an n-fold a weak P-weak ideal of X ˜ if</p><p>1) ∀ ν ∈ Im ( A ) , 0 ν ∈ A ˜ ;</p><p>2) ∀ x λ , y μ , z α ∈ X ˜ ,</p><p>( ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α n ) ∈ A ˜     and     y μ ∈ A ˜ ) ⇒ x min ( λ , μ , α ) ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>Example 4.5. Let X = { 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 } in which ∗ is given by <xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref>.</p><table-wrap id="table2" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref></label><caption><title> Example 4.5</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >*</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >0</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >a</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >b</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >c</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >a</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >a</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >b</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >b</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >b</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >c</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>Then ( X ; ∗ , 0 ) is a BCI-algebra. Let t 1 , t 2 ∈ ( 0 , 1 ] and let us define a fuzzy subset A : X → [ 0 , 1 ] by</p><p>t 1 = A ( 0 ) = A ( a ) = A ( b ) &gt; A ( c ) = t 2</p><p>It is easy to check that for any n &gt; 2</p><p>A ˜ = { 0 λ : λ ∈ ( 0 , t 1 ] } ∪ { a λ : λ ∈ ( 0 , t 2 ] } ∪ { b λ : λ ∈ ( 0 , t 1 ] } ∪ { c λ : λ ∈ ( 0 , t 2 ] }</p><p>Is an n-fold weak P-weak ideal.</p><p>Remark 4.6. A ˜ is a 1-fold weak P-weak ideal of a BCK-algebra X if A ˜ is a weak P-weak ideal.</p><p>Theorem 4.7. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.103511-ref13">13</xref>] If A is a fuzzy subset of X, then A is a fuzzy n-fold weak P-ideal if A ˜ is an n-fold weak P-weak ideal.</p><p>Proof. ⇒</p><p>- Let λ ∈ Im ( A ) obviously 0 λ ∈ A ˜ ;</p><p>- Let ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α n ) ∈ A ˜ and y μ ∈ A ˜ , then A ( ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α n ) ) ≥ min ( λ , μ , α ) and A ( y ) ≥ μ .</p><p>Since A is a fuzzy n-fold weak P-ideal, we have</p><p>∀ x , y , z , A ( x ) ≥ min ( A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z n ) ) , A ( y ) ) ≥ min ( min ( λ , μ , α ) , α ) = min ( λ , μ , α )</p><p>Therefore x min ( λ , μ , α ) ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>⇐</p><p>- Let x ∈ X , it is easy to prove that A ( 0 ) ≥ A ( x ) ;</p><p>- Let ∀ x , y , z , A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z n ) ) = β and A ( y ) = α .</p><p>Then ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z n ) ) min ( β , α ) = ( ( x β ∗ z β ) ∗ ( y α ∗ z β n ) ) ∈ A ˜ and y α ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>Since A ˜ is n-fold weak P-weak ideal, we have</p><p>x min ( β , α ) ∈ A ˜</p><p>Hence A ( x ) ≥ min ( β , α ) = min ( A ( ( x ∗ z ) ∗ ( y ∗ z n ) ) , A ( y ) ) .</p><p>Proposition 4.8. An n-fold weak P-weak ideal is a weak ideal.</p><p>Proof. Let x λ , y μ ∈ X ˜ and x λ ∗ y μ = ( x λ ∗ 0 μ ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ 0 μ n ) ∈ A ˜ and y μ .</p><p>Since A ˜ is n-fold weak P-weak ideal, we have x min ( λ , μ ) ∈ A ˜ .</p><p>Corollary 4.9. A fuzzy n-fold weak P-ideal is a fuzzy ideal.</p><p>Theorem 4.10. Let { A ˜ i ∈ I } be a family of n-fold weak P-weak ideals and { A i ∈ I } be a family of fuzzy n-fold weak P-ideals. then 1) ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i is an n-fold weak P-weak ideal.</p><p>2) ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i is an n-fold weak P-weak ideal.</p><p>3) ∩ i ∈ I A i is a fuzzy n-fold weak P-ideal.</p><p>4) ∪ i ∈ I A i is a fuzzy n-fold weak P-ideal.</p><p>Proof. 1) ∀   λ ∈ Im ( ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i ) , then λ ∈ Im ( A ˜ i ) , ∀ i , so, 0 λ ∈ A ˜ i , ∀ i , i.e. 0 λ ∈ ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i . For every x μ , y λ , z α ∈ X ˜ , if</p><p>( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α n ) ∈ ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i and y μ ∈ ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i , then</p><p>( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α n ) ∈ A ˜ i and y μ ∈ A ˜ i ∀ i , thus</p><p>x min ( λ , μ , α ) ∈ A ˜ i , ∀ i</p><p>So x min ( λ , μ , α ) ∈ ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i . Thus ∩ i ∈ I A ˜ i is an n-fold weak P-weak ideal.</p><p>2) ∀   λ ∈ Im ( ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i ) , then ∃ i 0 ∈ I , such that λ ∈ A ˜ i 0 , so, 0 λ ∈ A ˜ i 0 , i.e.   0 λ ∈ ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i . For every x μ , y λ , z α ∈ X ˜ , if ( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α n ) ∈ ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i and y μ ∈ ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i , then ∃ i 0 ∈ I such that</p><p>( x λ ∗ z α ) ∗ ( y μ ∗ z α n ) ∈ A ˜ i 0 and y μ ∈ A ˜ i 0 , thus x min ( λ , μ , α ) ∈ A ˜ i 0 .</p><p>So x min ( λ , μ , α ) ∈ ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i . Thus ∪ i ∈ I A ˜ i is an n-fold weak P-weak ideal.</p><p>3) Follows from 1) and Theorem 4.7.</p><p>4) Follows from 2) and Theorem4.7.</p></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Algorithms</title><p>Here we give some algorithms for studding the structure of the foldness of (fuzzy) P-ideals In BCI-algebras</p><p>Algorithm for AP-Ideals of BCI-Algebra</p><p>Input(X: BCI-algebra, ∗ : binary operation, I: the subset of X);</p><p>Output(“I is aP-ideal of X or not”);</p><p>Begin</p><p>If I = ϕ then</p><p>go to (1.);</p><p>EndIf</p><p>If 0 ∉ I then</p><p>go to (1.);</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Stop:=false;</p><p>i : = 1 ;</p><p>While i ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>j : = 1 ;</p><p>While j ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>k : = 1 ;</p><p>While k ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If ( x i ∗ z k ) ∗ ( y j ∗ z k ) ∈ I and y j ∈ I then</p><p>If x i ∉ I</p><p>Stop:=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>If Stop then</p><p>Output (“I is aP-ideal of X”)</p><p>Else</p><p>(1.) Output (“I is not aP-ideal of X”)</p><p>EndIf</p><p>End</p><p>Algorithm for n-fold P-Ideals of BCI-Algebra</p><p>Input(X: BCI-algebra, ∗ : binary operation, I: a subset of X);</p><p>Output(“I is n-fold P-ideal of X or not”);</p><p>Begin</p><p>If I = ϕ then</p><p>go to (1.);</p><p>EndIf</p><p>If 0 ∉ I then</p><p>go to (1.);</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Stop:=false;</p><p>i : = 1 ;</p><p>While i ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>j : = 1 ;</p><p>While j ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>k : = 1 ;</p><p>While k ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If ( x i ∗ z k ) ∗ ( y j ∗ z k ) ∈ I and y j ∈ I then</p><p>If x i ∗ z k n ∉ I</p><p>Stop:=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>If Stop then</p><p>Output (“I is ann-fold P-ideal of X”)</p><p>Else</p><p>(1.) Output (“I is not ann-fold P-ideal of X”)</p><p>EndIf</p><p>End</p><p>Algorithm for Fuzzy P-Ideals of BCI-Algebra</p><p>Input(X: BCI-algebra, ∗ : binary operation, A: the fuzzy subset of X);</p><p>Output(“A is a fuzzy P-ideal of X or not”);</p><p>Begin</p><p>Stop:=false;</p><p>i : = 1 ;</p><p>While i ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If A ( 0 ) &lt; A ( x i ) then</p><p>Stop:=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>j : = 1 ;</p><p>While j ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>k : = 1 ;</p><p>While k ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If A ( x i ∗ z k ) &lt; min ( A ( ( x i ∗ z k ) ∗ ( y j ∗ z k ) ) , A ( y j ) ) then</p><p>Stop:=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>If Stop then</p><p>Output (“A is not a fuzzyP-ideal of X”)</p><p>Else</p><p>Output (“A is a fuzzyP-ideal of X”)</p><p>EndIf</p><p>End</p><p>Algorithm for Fuzzy n-fold P-Ideals of BCI-Algebra</p><p>Input(X: BCI-algebra, ∗ : binary operation, A: the fuzzy subset of X);</p><p>Output(“A is a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal of X or not”);</p><p>Begin</p><p>Stop:=false;</p><p>i : = 1 ;</p><p>While i ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If A ( 0 ) &lt; A ( x i ) then</p><p>Stop:=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>j : = 1 ;</p><p>While j ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>k : = 1 ;</p><p>While k ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If A ( x i ∗ z k n ) &lt; min ( A ( ( x i ∗ z k ) ∗ ( y j ∗ z k ) ) , A ( y j ) )</p><p>Stop:=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>If Stop then</p><p>Output (“A is not a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal of X”)</p><p>Else</p><p>Output (“A is a fuzzy n-fold P-ideal of X”)</p><p>EndIf</p><p>End</p><p>Algorithm for N-Fold weak P-Ideals of BCI-Algebra</p><p>Input(X:BCI-algebra, I: subset of X, n ∈ ℕ );</p><p>Output(“I is ann-fold weak P-ideal of X or not”);</p><p>Begin</p><p>If I = ϕ then</p><p>go to (1.);</p><p>EndIf</p><p>If 0 ∉ I then</p><p>go to (1.);</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Stop:=false;</p><p>i : = 1 ;</p><p>While i ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>j : = 1 ;</p><p>While j ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>k : = 1 ;</p><p>While k ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If ( x i ∗ z k ) ∗ ( y j ∗ z k n ) ∈ I and y j ∈ I then</p><p>If x i ∉ I</p><p>Stop:=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>If Stop then</p><p>Output (“I is ann-fold weak P-ideal of X”)</p><p>Else</p><p>(1.) Output (“I is not ann-fold weak P-ideal of X”)</p><p>EndIf</p><p>End</p><p>Algorithm for Fuzzy n-Fold weak P-Ideals of BCI-Algebra</p><p>Input(X: BCI-algebra, ∗ : binary operation, A fuzzy subset of X);</p><p>Output(“A is a fuzzy n-fold weak P-ideal of X or not”);</p><p>Begin</p><p>Stop:=false;</p><p>i : = 1 ;</p><p>While i ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If A ( 0 ) &lt; A ( x i ) then</p><p>Stop:=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>j : = 1 ;</p><p>While j ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>k : = 1 ;</p><p>While k ≤ | X | and not (Stop) do</p><p>If A ( x i ) &lt; min ( A ( ( x i ∗ z k ) ∗ ( y j ∗ z k n ) ) , A ( y j ) ) then</p><p>Stop=true;</p><p>EndIf</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>Endwhile</p><p>If Stop then</p><p>Output (“A is not a fuzzy n-foldweakP-ideal of X”)</p><p>Else</p><p>Output (“A is a fuzzy n-foldweakP-ideal of X”)</p><p>EndIf</p><p>End</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>6. Conclusions and Future Research</title><p>In this paper, we introduce new notions of (fuzzy) n-fold P-ideals, and (fuzzy) n-fold weak P-ideals in BCI-algebras. Then we studied relationships between different type of n-fold P-ideals and investigate several properties of the foldness theory of P-ideals in BCI-algebras. Finally, we construct some algorithms for studying the foldness theory of P-ideals in BCI-algebras.</p><p>In our future study of foldness ideals in BCK/BCI algebras, maybe the following topics should be considered:</p><p>1) Developing the properties of foldness of implicative ideals of BCK/BCI algebras.</p><p>2) Finding useful results on other structures of the foldness theory of ideals of BCK/BCI algebras.</p><p>3) Constructing the related logical properties of such structures.</p><p>4) One may also apply this concept to study some applications in many fields like decision making, knowledge base systems, medical diagnosis, data analysis and graph theory.</p></sec><sec id="s7"><title>Conflicts of Interest</title><p>The author declares no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.</p></sec><sec id="s8"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>Ahmed, M.A. (2020) Fuzzy Foldness of P-Ideals in BCI-Algebras. 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