1. Introduction
The theory of fuzzy sets and their initiatory results were proposed by Zadeh [
1] in 1965. This theory has become a blooming area of research in almost all fields of science. The fuzzy logic provides appropriate solutions in several bio-informatics and computational biological based problems such as medical image processing, cellular reconstruction, protein structure analysis, gene expression analysis, and medical data classification. The idea of the fuzzy subgroup was commenced by Rosenfeld [
2] in 1971. In 1983, Liu [
3] presented the opinion of fuzzy subrings and fuzzy ideals. A fuzzy subset
A of ring
R is a fuzzy subring if
and
. A fuzzy subset
A of ring
R is fuzzy ideal if
and
. Atanassov [
4] initiated the generalized form of the fuzzy set by including a new component called the intuitionistic fuzzy set. A new abstraction of bipolar fuzzy sets was initiated by Zhang [
5]. The enlargement of the fuzzy set to the bipolar fuzzy set is commensurate to the generalization of positive real numbers to negative real numbers. The bipolar fuzzy set was treated as a new appliance to deal with ambiguity in decision science. More developments relative to bipolar fuzzy sets may be viewed in [
6,
7,
8]. The theory of bipolar fuzzy sets is that it is an effective tool to study the case of vagueness as compared to Zadeh’s fuzzy sets because it deals with positive membership grade and negative membership grade. Although intuitionistic fuzzy sets and bipolar fuzzy sets have similar appearances, according to Lee [
9], they are fundamentally distinct concepts. In the intuitionistic fuzzy set, both membership and non-membership belongs to
and their sum is not more than one, but in the bipolar fuzzy set one, the membership value belongs to
and one membership value belongs to
. The bipolar fuzzy sets have extensive implementations in real life problems [
10]. Many researchers [
11,
12,
13,
14,
15] made remarkable achievement to generalize the concept of bipolar fuzzy sets to decision making and modern mathematics. In 2009, Fotea and Davvaz [
16] proposed the new idea of fuzzy hyperrings. The convictions of self centered bipolar fuzzy graph and distance, diameter, eccentricity, and length of bipolar fuzzy graph were studied in [
17]. The idea of fuzzy hyperideal with fuzzy hypercongruences was examined in [
18]. Baik [
19] developed a link between bipolar fuzzy sets and the ideals of near ring theory in 2012. This link is obviously a core point of classical fuzzy subring as it provides fresh ideas for various challenges in near ring theory. Sardar et al. [
20] illustrated the abstraction of bipolar fuzzy translation of sub-semigroup and bipolar fuzzy equivalence relation. Mahmood and Munir [
21] proposed the conception of bipolar fuzzy subgroups and investigated their algebraic features. Ameri et al. [
22] introduced the concept of Engel fuzzy subgroups and investigated the fundamental results of the left and right fuzzy Engel elements.. Motameni et al. [
23] studied a special kinds of fuzzy hyperideals and extended this concept to fuzzy hperring homomorphism for maximal fuzzy hyperideal and prim fuzzy hyperideal. The idea of bipolar fuzzy subring was presented in [
24]. The bipolar fuzzy subring is more a generalized form of fuzzy subring. A bipolar fuzzy subset
of ring
R is a bipolar fuzzy subring if it satisfied the two axioms for positive membership and two axioms for negative membership
,
, and
,
. The 4-Engel fuzzy subgroup are discussed in [
25]. Moreover, Mohamadzahed et al. [
26] invented the definition of nilpotent fuzzy subgroup and discussed many algebraic properties of nilpotent fuzzy subgroups. A fuzzy subgroup
A of group
G is called a good nilpotent fuzzy subgroup of
G if there exists a non negative integer
n such that
; the smallest such integer is called the class of
A, where
is normal subgroup of
G. Subbian and Kamaraj [
27] commenced the notion of bipolar fuzzy ideals and explored the extension of bipolar fuzzy ideals. A bipolar fuzzy subset
of ring
R is bipolar fuzzy ideal if it satisfied the following axioms
,
, and
,
. Yamin and Sharma [
28] studied the intuitionistic fuzzy ring, intuitionistic fuzzy ideal, and intuitionistic fuzzy quotient ring with operators in 2018. The algebraic structure between fuzzy set and normed rings was presented in [
29]. Jun et al. [
30] depicted the opinion of bipolar fuzzy subalgebra and
k-fold bipolar fuzzy ideals.Trevijano et al. [
31] invented a annihilator for the fuzzy subgroup of the Abelian group. They also discussed the behavior of annihilator with respect to intersection and union. The different approximation about fuzzy ring homomorphism was studied in [
32].
Liu and Shi [
33] presented a novel framework with respect to the fuzzification of lattice, which is know as
M-hazy lattice. In Demirci’s approach [
34,
35], the characteristic of the degree between the fuzzy binary operation is not used and the inverse element and the identity element may number more than one. In order to remove this drawback, Liu and Shi [
36] introduced
M-hazy groups by using a M-hazy binary operation. Mehmood et al. [
37] initiated a new algebraic structure of
M-hazy ring and studied the various algebraic characteristics of this newly defined ring. Alhaleem and Ahmad [
38] proposed the idea of intuitionistic fuzzy normed ring in 2020. Mehmood et al. [
39] developed a new algebraic structure of
M-hazy ring homomorphism. The mapping
from
M-hazy ring
to
M-hazy ring
is called an
M-hazy ring homomorphism if the following conditions hold
and
. Nakkasen [
40] studied the properties of Artnians and Noetherian ternary near-rings under intuitionistic fuzzy ideals. A novel class of
t-intuitionistic fuzzy subgroups was investigated in [
41]. Gulzar et al. [
42] introduced the notion of complex intuitionistic fuzzy group theory. The fuzzy homomorphism theorems of fuzzy rings were depicted in [
43]. The notion of complex fuzzy subfields was analyzed in [
44]. The new development about
Q-complex fuzzy subrings were explored in [
45]. The recent development of bipolar fuzzy sets in
-algebras and semigroup theory may be viewed in [
46,
47]. The competency of the bipolar fuzzy sets plays a key role in solving many physical difficulties. Additionally, the study of bipolar fuzzy subrings is significant in terms of its algebraic structure. This motivates us to describe the concept of bipolar fuzzy sets where one can have multiple options to discuss a particular problem of ring theory in a much more efficient manner. Firstly, we shall prove that the
-cut of bipolar fuzzy subring forms a subring of a given ring and discuss various algebraic properties of this phenomenon. Secondly, we shall define bipolar fuzzy left cosets and determine the bipolar fuzzy subring of quotient ring. We shall also define the support set of bipolar fuzzy set. Thirdly, we shall describe bipolar fuzzy homomorphism and weak bipolar fuzzy homomorphism and show that bipolar fuzzy homomorphism preserves the ring operation. Additionally, we prove the bipolar fuzzy homomorphism and isomorphism theorems of bipolar fuzzy subrings parallel to natural theorems of ring homomorphism and ring isomorphism.
A sketch of this study is as follows. The bipolar fuzzy sets, bipolar fuzzy subring, and related results are defined in
Section 2. In
Section 3, we studied the concepts of
-cut of bipolar fuzzy sets and discuss many important algebraic characteristics of bipolar fuzzy subrings (BFSRs). We prove that the direct product of two bipolar fuzzy subrings (BFSRs) are bipolar fuzzy subrings (BFSR) by using the notion of
of bipolar fuzzy set (BFS). Furthermore, we define support of bipolar fuzzy subset (BFS) and show that support of bipolar fuzzy ideal (BFI) of ring form a natural ideal of ring. In
Section 4, we describe bipolar fuzzy homomorphism (BFH) of bipolar fuzzy subring (BFSR) under a natural ring homomorphism and prove that the bipolar fuzzy homomorphism (BFH) preserves the sum and product operation defined on bipolar fuzzy subring (BFSR). We also develop a significant relationship between two bipolar fuzzy subrings (BFSRs) of the quotient rings under given surjective homomorphism and prove more fundamental theorems of bipolar fuzzy homomorphism (BFH) for these specific fuzzy subrings. Finally, we discuss three fundamental theorems of bipolar fuzzy isomorphism of bipolar fuzzy subrings (BFSRs).
3. Fundamental Algebraic Properties of Bipolar Fuzzy Subrings
In this section, we study the ()-cut of BFS and investigate some important characteristics of this phenomenon. We define support of BFS and justify their corresponding desirable set-theoretic properties under BFSR. We also found the BFSR of quotient ring.
Definition 7. Letbe a BFS of a set P, then a-cut of θ is a crisp subset of P and is defined as, whereand.
Theorem 8. If θ is a BFS of a ring R, thenis a subring of R if and only if θ is a BFSR of R.
Proof. Clearly
, because
. Let
Then
and
Thus
Further, we have the following.
Therefore, As result, is subring of R.
Conversely, suppose that
Then
and
This gives
Since
is a subring of
Then we have
This implies the following.
Moreover, as
is a subring of
This implies that
Thus, the following is the case.
Hence, is a BFSR of □
Theorem 9. If θ is a BFS of a ring R, thenis a ideal of R if and only if θ is a BFI of R.
Proof. From Theorem 8, we have
Furthermore, if
and
, we have the following.
Therefore, As result, is an ideal of R.
Conversely, from Theorem 8, we have the following.
Suppose that
This gives,
, for any
. Since
is an ideal of
In this case,
Thus, the following is the case.
Hence, is bipolar fuzzy ideal. This establishes the proof. □
Theorem 10. Let θ be an BFSR ofthenifandwhereand
Proof. Let , then and Since and we can write, and Therefore . □
Theorem 11. If θ and η are BFSR s of a ring R, then.
Proof. We have
. Now,
.
Therefore, . □
Theorem 12. Ifthenwhere θ and η are BFSRs of a ring R.
Proof. Let and Then Since , so we have and and consequently . Thus, □
Theorem 13. If θ and η are BFSR s of a ring R, then.
Proof. Since and . By the above theorem and Therefore, .
Now suppose that This implies that or or This implies that This implies that Consequently, we have □
Proposition 14. If θ and η be two BFSs ofand, respectively. Thenfor all.
Proof. Let
be any element.
Hence, . □
Theorem 15. Let θ and η be BFSRs of ringandrespectively. Thenis also the BFSR of ring
Proof. Since
and
are the BFSRs of ring
and
respectively. Therefore,
and
are BFSRs of ring
and
respectively. ∀
By Theorem 8, we have the following.
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Definition 16. Let R be a ring and θ be the BFSR of a ring R. Let be a fixed element. Then, the set where and for all is said to be bipolar fuzzy left coset of R purposed by θ and
Theorem 17. Let θ be a BFI of R and k be an arbitrary fixed element of R. Then,
Proof. Consider
Place
so that
. Then,
:
thus,
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Definition 18. Let θ and η be BFSs of universal set P. Then, the bipolar fuzzy sum of θ and η is denoted by , where the following is the case. Definition 19. Let θ be a BFS of P. The support set of θ is defined as the following. Remark 20. Let θ be a BFSR of R. Then is a BFSR of R.
The next theorem shows that how a support set of bipolar fuzzy ideal is a ideal of R.
Theorem 21. Let θ be BFI of R, then is a BFI of R.
Proof. Note that is BFI. Assume that . Consider and This implies that .
Furthermore, suppose that and . Then we have , and . Similarly, and implies that . This implies that is an ideal of R.
Our next theorem provides the significant importance of support of intersection of any two BFSR of a ring R. □
Theorem 22. If θ and η are BFSR of R. Then .
Proof. For any arbitrary element, implies that and . We have This implies that and This implies that This implies that Consequently, Moreover, This implies that and This implies that and this implies that and This implies that Therefore, Consequently, This concludes the proof. □
Remark 23. If θ and η are BFSR s of R, then .
Definition 24. Let θ and η be the BFS and BFSR of R, respectively, with . Then θ is called a BFI of η if the following axiom holds:
Theorem 25. Let θ and η be the BFSR of a ring R and θ is a BFI of η. Then is ideal of ring .
Theorem 26. Let θ be a BFI and η be a BFSR of R, then is BFI of
Proof. Consider an elements
. We have the following.
Moreover, we also have the following.
Furthermore, we have the following.
In addition, we have the following.
This concludes the proof. □
Remark 27. Let θ, η and ψ be BFSR of R such that θ and η are BFI of ψ, then is BFI of ψ.
Theorem 28. Let L be an ideal of a ring R. If is a BFSR of R, then the BFS of is also BFSR of , where and .
Proof. First we shall show that and are well defined. Let then for some
Consider the following:
and the following.
Therefore,
and
are well defined. Now we shall prove that
is BFSR of
. We have
.
Moreover, we have
.
In addition, we have
Furthermore,
.
Hence, is a BFSR of □
4. Fundamental Theorems of Bipolar Fuzzy Homomorphism and Bipolar Fuzzy Isomorphism of Bipolar Fuzzy Subrings
In this section, we investigate the concept of BFH of BFSR and prove that this homomorphism preserves the operation of fuzzy sum and fuzzy product of BFSR of ring R. We clarify bipolar fuzzy homomorphism for these fuzzy subrings and investigate the idea of BFH relation between any two BFSRs. We also presented the bipolar fuzzy isomorphism theorem of BFSRs.
Definition 29. Let be the ring homomorphism from R to . Let θ and η be BFSR s of rings R and , respectively. The image and inverse image of θ and η, respectively, are described as and where we have the following:and the following is the case. The homomorphism ω is called a BFH from θ onto η if and is denoted by . A homomorphism ω from bipolar fuzzy subring θ to η is said to be a bipolar fuzzy isomorphism from θ to η if . In this situation, θ is bipolar fuzzy isomorphic to η and is represented by . The homomorphism ω is called weak BFH from θ to η if .
In the next theorem, we illustrate the fuzzy homomorphism relation between bipolar fuzzy subring of ring and any of its factor ring.
Theorem 30. Let ω be a homomorphism from ring R to ring S. Let θ and η be two BFSs of ring R.
Then, the following is the case. Proof. For
, we have the following:
Consider the following.
Moreover, we have the following.
Therefore,
(ii) For
, we have the following.
Consider
.
Furthermore, we have
.
Consequently, □
Theorem 31. Let be ring homomorphism from R onto , where L is an ideal of ring R. Let θ and be a BFSR s of R and , respectively. Then, π is a BFH from θ onto .
Proof. Since
is a homomorphism from
R onto
described by the rule
for any
. We have
Where
and
. Consider the following case:
which implies that
Moreover, we have the following:
which implies that
Therefore,
Hence, the above is proved. □
We explain the above algebraic fact of BFH in the next example.
Example 32. Consider the factor ring , where is a ring of integer and is an ideal of ring Z. Then BFS of Z is defined as follows:and the following. Define BFSR of as follows:and the following. The natural homomorphism π from Z to is described as the following: , for all . This implies that , implies that and }, and implies that Moreover, }, which implies that and }, and implies that Thus,
Theorem 33. Let θ and η be BFSR of rings R and , respectively, and ω be a BFH from θ onto η. Then a mapping is a BFH from onto η, where is a BFSR of .
Proof. Since
. In addition, we have
is homomorphism from
onto
defined by the rule
The image of
under the function
may be described as the following.
Now, we have the following.
This Implies that , which implies that
Moreover, we have the following.
Thus, . This establishes the proof. □
Example 34. Consider the rings and also is the ring of integers modulo 4. Define a homomorphism from Z onto as follows. (mod 4) the BFS of Z is given as the following:and the following. The BFS η of is given as follows:and also given as follows. Consider the following case. Similarly, and . Moreover, we have the following. Thus, . The quotient ring of is given by where is an ideal of the ring of integers Z. Define BFS of as follows:and also as follows. Define a mapping ϕ from onto as follows (mod 4), for all .
From the above information, we have the following. Therefore, .
Remark 35. Let θ and η are BFSR s of rings R and , respectively, and f be a BFH from θ onto η with as a kernel of f. Then the mapping φ from to is a BFH from onto η, where is a BFSR of .
In following result, we develop an important link between BFSRs of a ring and any of its factor ring.
Theorem 36. Let θ and η be BFSRs of rings R and , respectively. Let ω be a BFH from θ onto η and the natural homomorphism π from onto be a BFH from η onto , where is a BFSR of . Then is a BFH from θ onto , where L is a ideal of R with .
Proof. Since is natural homomorphism from R onto .
For any
, we have
, where the following is the case:
and the following is also the case.
Moreover, the following is also the case.
This implies that which implies that Hence, we have proved our claim. □
Theorem 37. Let θ and η are BFSR of R and , respectively, and ω be a BFH from θ onto η. Let be a natural homomorphism and . Then, a mapping is a BFH from onto where and are BFSR of and , respectively.
Proof. From Theorem 36, we define a mapping
such that
is a composition of mapping
and
such that
Moreover,
Consider the BFSR
of
as:
, where we have the following.
and the following is also the case.
This prove that
is a BFH with
. Define a mapping
from
to
as follow
Where
is described by the rule:
where
and
. Moreover, we have the following.
□
Remark 38. There are possible applications of bipolar fuzzy homomorphism. For example, a bipolar fuzzy homomorphism is used in the positioning of the image. A photograph of a person is in fact his homomorphic image that explains his many real qualities such as being tall or short, male or female, and thin or heavy. Sometimes, the homomorphic image become destroyed due to many distortions in the lenses such as scale and pincushion distortion. A distortion in which magnification increases with distances from the axis is called a pincushion distortion. We can apply a bipolar fuzzy homomorphism on a destroyed photograph to remove scale and pincushion distortion in order to obtain its original form.
Lemma 39. Let θ and η be any two BFSR s of bipolar rings R and , respectively, and ω be a epimorphism from R to such that , where θ and η are BFSR s of R and , respectively. Then .
Proof. Given that . Let , for some . Consider, and Therefore, . Thus, . Moreover, from fact of Definition 29, the epimorphism f develops . This establishes the proof. □
Theorem 40. (First Bipolar Fuzzy Isomorphism Theorem): Let θ and η be BFSRs of rings R and , respectively, and h be a BFH from θ onto η, where ker is kernel of fuzzy homomorphism. Then , where ψ is a BFI of
Proof. Given that
h is a BFH from
to
. Consider BFSR
of
R as follows:
and the following is also the case.
Obviously,
. Moreover, for any
If
, then
and
. This show that
is a bipolar fuzzy ideal of
. Since
In view of Lemma 39,
. Let
then
is a homomorphism with kernal
. Then there exists an isomorphism
from
to
that can be described as
We have
. Consider the following.
This implies that
and the following is the case.
This implies that . Thus, . Hence, . □
Theorem 41. (Second Bipolar Fuzzy Isomorphism Theorem) Let θ be a BFI and η be a BFSR of a ring R such that . Then
Proof. From Remark 27 and the fact
, one can obtain that quotient rings
and
Therefore, by applying the second fundamental theorem of classical ring isomorphism on these specific factor rings, we obtain the following.
The above stated result leads us to obtain the existence of a ring isomorphism
h from
to
, which can be described as follows.
Consider
.
This implies that
Moreover,
.
This implies that Thus, As result, we obtain a weak bipolar fuzzy isomorphism between and □
Theorem 42. (Third Bipolar Fuzzy Isomorphism Theorem): Let θ, η, and ψ be BFSR s of R such that θ and η are BFI s of ψ with . Then,
Proof. From Remark 27, and the fact that
and
are BFI of
with
and one can obtain the quotient rings
and
Therefore, by applying the third fundamental theorem of classical ring isomorphism on these specific factor rings, we obtain the following.
The above stated results leads us to obtain the existence of a ring isomorphism
R from
to
, which may be described as follows.
Consider
.
This implies that
Moreover,
.
This implies that
Thus,
□