1. Introduction
In 1965, Zadeh proposed the concept of fuzzy subsets. It is a class of objects with continuous membership grades. Its set feature is to use a membership function to give each object a membership grade between 0 and 1 [1]. In 1971, Rosenfeld proposed the concept of fuzzy subgroups, which is of pioneering significance for the study of fuzzy algebraic structure [2]. In 2001, Yao obtained the concept of fuzzy homomorphism of groups by defining the concept of fuzzy mapping. He studied the properties of fuzzy subgroups and fuzzy normal subgroups under fuzzy homomorphism and proved the basic theorem of fuzzy homomorphism [3]. Different fuzzy mappings will produce different fuzzy homomorphisms. In 2014, Hao defined
-fuzzy mappings and discussed the fuzzy homomorphisms generated by
-fuzzy mappings on groups [4]. In 2018, Addis introduced the concept of fuzzy kernels of fuzzy homomorphisms on groups, proved that any fuzzy normal subgroup is a fuzzy kernel of some fuzzy epimorphism, and finally gave and proved the fuzzy version of the fundamental theorem of homomorphism and those isomorphism theorems [5].
In 1986, Atanassov proposed the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy subsets, which is a generalization of fuzzy subsets proposed by Zadeh [6]. In 1989, Biswas proposed the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy subgroups [7]. After that, the concepts of intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroups, intuitionistic fuzzy cosets and intuitionistic fuzzy quotient groups are introduced and their related properties are studied [8]. In 2011, Sharma studied the related conclusions about intuitionistic fuzzy subgroups under group homomorphism [9]. In 2020, Adamu studied the properties of intuitionistic fuzzy multigroups under group homomorphism [10], Muhammad et al. proposed the concept of complex intuitionistic fuzzy subgroups and studied the homomorphic image and preimage of complex intuitionistic fuzzy subgroups under group homomorphism [11]. It can be seen that group homomorphism plays an important role in intuitionistic fuzzy theory. In recent years, the application of intuitionistic fuzzy information in multi-attribute group decision-making has also been an important research direction [12] [13]. Since the fuzzy homomorphism of groups has been widely studied in fuzzy group theory, there are few studies on the intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism of groups. This paper attempts to generalize the fuzzy mapping, define the
-intuitionistic fuzzy mapping, and further study the
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism of groups.
2. Preliminaries
Let
denote an arbitrary group with binary multiplication, whose identities are
respectively. The concepts of intuitionistic fuzzy subsets, intuitionistic fuzzy subgroups and intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroups are given below.
Definition 2.1 [6] Let
be a non-empty set. An intuitionistic fuzzy subset
of
is
, Where
define the degree of membership element
and
define the degree of non-membership of element
, these functions must be satisfied the condition
.
Definition 2.2 [6] An intuitionistic fuzzy subset
of
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
, if the following conditions hold:
1)
;
2)
;
3)
;
4)
.
Equivalently, an intuitionistic fuzzy subset
of
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
if
and
holds for
.
Definition 2.3 [7] Let
be an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
, if for
,
,
, then
is said to be an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
.
Definition 2.4 [8] Let
be an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
. Let
be a fixed element. Then
where
and
for
is called intuitionistic fuzzy left coset of
determined by
and
. Similarly,
where
and
for
is called intuitionistic fuzzy right coset of
determined by
and
.
Theorem 2.5 [8] Let
be an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of G, then
is a group with respect to the operation
, and the identity of
is
, the identity of
is
.
3.
-Intuitionistic Fuzzy Homomorphism
The classical mapping
from
to
can be considered as a special relation from
to
, that is
is a special subset of
. Therefore, the intuitionistic fuzzy mapping can be considered as the intuitionistic fuzzy relation from
to
, that is the intuitionistic fuzzy subset of
. The concept of
-intuitionistic fuzzy mapping is given below.
Let
, where
and
,
is an intuitionistic fuzzy relation from
to
. The following conditions are considered:
(A)
, such that
,
;
(B)
, such that
,
;
(C)
, from
,
;
,
, it follows that
;
(D)
, from
,
;
,
, it follows that
.
Definition 3.1 Let
be an intuitionistic fuzzy relation from
to
. If Conditions (A), (C) are satisfied, then
is called a
-intuitionistic fuzzy mapping from
to
; if Conditions (A), (B), (C) are satisfied, then
is called a
-intuitionistic fuzzy surjection; if Conditions (A), (C), (D) are satisfied, then
is called
-intuitionistic fuzzy injective; if Conditions (A)-(D) are satisfied, then
is called a
-intuitionistic fuzzy bijection.
When
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy mapping from
to
, for
, there exists a unique
such that
holds, denote this
as
.
Definition 3.2 Let
be a
-intuitionistic fuzzy mapping from
to
, if for
,
,
, then
is called a
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism from
to
, for short
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism.
If a
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism
from
to
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy surjective, then
is called a
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism from
to
; if a
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism
from
to
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy bijection, then
is called a
-intuitionistic fuzzy isomorphism from
to
.
If there exists a
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism from
to
, then
and
are
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism. If there exists a
-intuitionistic fuzzy isomorphism from
to
, then
and
are said to be
-intuitionistic fuzzy isomorphism.
Theorem 3.3 Let
be a
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism, then
1)
,
;
,
,
;
2)
;
3)
;
4)
;
5)
.
Proof: 1) Since
,
;
,
, we can get
,
.
2) Let
satisfies
,
, then
,
, so
, i.e., y = e2, hence,
,
.
3) Let
,
, and suppose there exists
that satisfies
,
, then
,
, which is equivalent to
, also
, so
,
.
4) Because of
,
,
,
, we can conclude
,
, also
,
, therefore
.
5) Because
,
, then
,
can be obtained, also
,
, hence
.
Theorem 3.4 Let
be a
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism, then.
1)
is a normal subgroup of
, and
is called the kernel of
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism
;
2) If
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism, then
.
Proof: 1) Obviously
, let
, then
,
,
,
, therefore
,
;
,
i.e.,
,
,
is a subgroup of
. Let
,
, then
,
, and there exists
such that
,
, we can get
,
. Also because
,
, so
,
, i.e.,
, so
is a normal subgroup of
.
2) Let
, Since
Then
is a mapping. In turn, since
So,
is a injective. Moreover, because
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism,
is a surjective, therefore
is a bijective. For
,
, so
is an isomorphic mapping, hence
.
Theorem 3.5 Let
be a
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism, then
1) If
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
, then
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
;
2) If
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
, and
is
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism epimorphism, then
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
;
3) If
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
, then
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
;
4) If
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
, then
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
, where
,
.
Proof: 1) For
, if there is no
such that
,
, or there is no
such that
,
, then
,
, otherwise
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
, we can get
Similarly, it can be obtained
, So
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
.
2) If
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
, it follows from 1) that
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
. Since
is
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism, so for
,
such that
,
, we can get
Similarly, it can be obtained
, So
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
.
3) For
, because
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
, we have
Similarly, it can be obtained
, So
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
.
4) If
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
, it follows from 3) that
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
. For
, we have
Similarly, it can be obtained
, So
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
.
4. Fundamental Theorem of
-Intuitionistic Fuzzy Homomorphism
Theorem 4.1 Let
be an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
, then
and
are
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism, where
,
,
.
Proof: Let
,
,
,
. First, prove that
is an intuitionistic fuzzy relation, i.e., prove that
. From
we can get
,
,
, then
,
, i.e.,
, so
is an intuitionistic fuzzy relation. In the following, we prove that
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism, for
, obviously
,
holds, so
satisfies Conditions (A) (B). If for
,
, satisfies
,
;
,
, this implies that
,
,
,
, We can get
,
,
,
, So
,
i.e.,
,
satisfies Condition (C), so
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy surjective from
to
. For
, if
, such that
, then
Similarly, it can be obtained
, we can get
Also because of
Similarly, it can be obtained
, so
Hence
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism,
and
are
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism.
Theorem 4.2 Let
be a
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism,
,
, for
, then
1)
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
, where
,
,
;
2) If
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism, then
and
are
-intuitionistic fuzzy isomorphic.
Proof: 1) For
, we have
Similarly, it can be obtained
, and also have
Therefore
is an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of
. Let
be an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
, and we have
Similarly,
can be obtained, hence
is an intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroup of
.
2) Let
,
,
,
,
. First, prove that
is an intuitionistic fuzzy relation, i.e.,
,
. If
, then
,
. From
we can get
Therefore
Similarly,
can be obtained, so we have
. From
, we can get
Therefore
Similarly,
can be obtained, so
, this implies that
is an intuitionistic fuzzy relation. The following we prove
that is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy isomorphism such that
,
for
,
. If
,
, then
,
,
,
, so
,
,
,
and
,
. From
we get
,
, therefore
,
, so we have
and
Then
,
, so
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy mapping, also because
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy epimorphism, so
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy surjection. If
, such that
,
,
,
, i.e.,
,
,
,
, then
,
,
,
, therefore we have
and
Similarly, we can get
,
, so.
,
. Consequently,
,
, so
,
, then we can get
, this implies that
is
-intuitionistic fuzzy injective, so
is
-intuitionistic fuzzy bijective. For
,
, we have
and
Hence
is a
-intuitionistic fuzzy isomorphism,
and
are
-intuitionistic fuzzy isomorphism.
5. Summary
In this paper, we first define
-intuitionistic fuzzy mapping, then give the definition of
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism of groups, and further study the related properties of intuitionistic fuzzy subgroups and intuitionistic fuzzy normal subgroups under the
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism of groups. Finally, the fundamental theorem of
-intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphism is obtained. Since different intuitionistic fuzzy mappings also produce different intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphisms, we can try to define other intuitionistic fuzzy mappings to study the intuitionistic fuzzy homomorphisms of groups.
Funding
This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Project (Grant No. 12171137).