Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
390287 Fuzzy Sets and Systems 2008 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

A semi-divisible residuated lattice is a residuated lattice L satisfying an additional condition weaker than that of divisibility. Such structures are related to mathematical fuzzy logic as well as to extended probability theory by the fact that the subset of complemented elements induces an MV-algebra. We define generalized residuated lattices by omitting commutativity of the corresponding monoidal operation and study semi-divisibility in such structures. We show that, given a good generalized residuated lattice L, the set of complemented elements of L, denoted by MV(L), forms a pseudo-MV-algebra if and only if L is semi-divisible. Maximal filters on a semi-divisible generalized residuated lattice L are in one-to-one correspondence with maximal filters on MV(L). We study states on semi-divisible generalized residuated lattices. Riečan states on a semi-divisible generalized residuated lattice L are determined by Riečan states on MV(L). The same holds true for Bosbach states whenever L is a good divisible generalized residuated lattice. Extremal Riečan states on a semi-divisible generalized residuated lattice L are in one-to-one correspondence with maximal and semi-normal filters on L.

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