1. Introduction
Some of the problems that confront us in engineering, medicine, sociology, economics and other fields have their own uncertainties. Therefore, we are unable to deal with these problems by traditional methods. Several mathematical tools for dealing with uncertainties were introduced in [
1,
2,
3] and others. In 1999, Molodtsov [
4] introduced soft set theory as a mathematical tool for dealing with uncertainty.
General topology, as one of the important branches of mathematics, is the basis for other branches of topology such as geometric topology, algebraic topology, and differential topology. Soft topology as a new branch of topology that combines soft set theory and topology is introduced in [
5]. Mathematicians then transferred many topological concepts to include soft topology in [
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21,
22,
23] and others, and substantial contributions can still be made.
Topologists have used closure and interior operators to give rise to several different new classes of sets. Some are a generalized form of open sets while a few others are the so-called regular sets. Researchers have discovered applications for these regular sets not only in mathematics but even in a variety of fields outside of mathematics [
24,
25,
26].
Soft regular open sets and
-open sets are defined and investigated in [
27,
28], respectively.
The targets of this work are to scrutinize the behaviors of soft -open sets via soft topological spaces, to introduce the soft topology of soft -open as a new soft topology, and to open the door to redefine and investigate some of the soft topological concepts such as soft compactness, soft correlation, soft class axioms, soft assignments, etc., via soft -open sets.
The author devotes this paper to defining a new class of soft open sets, namely soft -open sets, and investigating their main features. With the help of examples, we show that the class of soft -open sets lies strictly between the classes of soft regular open sets and soft open sets. We show that soft -open subsets of a soft locally countable soft topological space coincide with the soft open sets. Moreover, we show that soft -open subsets of a soft anti-locally countable coincide with the soft regular open sets. Moreover, we show that the class of soft -open sets is closed under finite soft intersection, and as a conclusion, we show that this class forms a soft base for some soft topology. In addition, we define the soft -closure operator as a new operator in soft topological spaces. Furthermore, we use the soft -closure operator to introduce soft -open sets as a new class of sets and we prove that this class of sets forms a soft topology that coincides with the soft topology generated by soft -open sets as a soft base. Moreover, we study the correspondence between soft -open in soft topological spaces and -open in topological spaces.
The arrangement of this article is as follows:
In
Section 2, we collect the main definitions and results that will be used in this research.
In
Section 3, we define and investigate soft
-open sets as a class of soft sets which lies strictly between the classes of soft regular open sets and soft open sets. We introduce several results regarding soft
-open sets. In particular, we show that the class of soft
-open sets forms a soft base for some soft topology. In addition, we study the correspondence between soft
-open sets in soft topological spaces and
-open sets in topological spaces.
In
Section 4, we define the soft
-closure operator and we use it to define soft
-open sets. We study relationships between soft
-open sets and other types of soft open sets. Moreover, we show that the collection of soft
-open sets forms a soft topology. In addition, we study the correspondence between soft
-open sets in soft topological spaces and
-open sets in topological spaces.
In
Section 5, we give some conclusions and possible future work.
3. Soft -Open Sets
In this section, we define soft -open sets as a new class of soft open sets. With the help of examples, we will show that the class of soft -open sets lies strictly between the classes of soft regular open sets and soft open sets. We will show that soft -open subsets of a soft locally countable soft topological space coincide with the soft open sets. Moreover, we will show that soft -open subsets of a soft anti-locally countable coincide with the soft regular open sets. Moreover, we will show that the class of soft -open sets is closed under finite soft intersection, and as a conclusion, we show that this class forms a soft base for some soft topology.
Definition 6. Let be an STS and let . Then
a. M is called a soft -open set in if . The family of all soft -open sets in will be denoted by .
b. M is called a soft -closed set in if . The family of all soft -closed sets in will be denoted by .
Theorem 3. Let be an STS. Then .
Proof. To see that , let . Then . Since , then . On the other hand, since and , then . It follows that . Hence, . The inclusion is obvious. □
The following two examples will show that each of the inclusions in Theorem 3 cannot be replaced by equality, in general:
Example 1. Consider where . Then . Thus, .
Example 2. Consider where . Then and . Thus, .
Theorem 4. For any STS , .
Proof. Let . Since , then , and so . Since , then . Therefore, . □
Corollary 1. For any STS , .
Proof. This follows from Theorem 4 of this paper and Theorem 2 (d) of [
30]. □
Theorem 5. For any soft locally countable STS , .
Proof. By Theorem 3,
. To see that
, let
. Then
. Since
is soft locally countable, then by Corollary 5 of [
30],
. Therefore,
. Hence,
. □
Theorem 6. For any soft anti-locally countable STS , .
Proof. By Theorem 3,
. To see that
, let
. Then
. Since
is soft anti-locally countable, then by Theorem 14 of [
30],
. Therefore,
. Hence,
. □
Theorem 7. For any STS ,
Proof. By Theorem 3, we have
. To see that
, let
. Then
. However, by Theorem 5 of [
30],
. Therefore,
. Hence,
. □
Theorem 8. Let be an STS and let . Then .
Proof. Let
. Then
and
. Since
, then
, and so
. Conversely, since
, then
Therefore, , and hence . □
The following example will show that need not be closed under finite soft unions:
Example 3. Let , μ be the usual topology on , and B be any set of parameters. Let and . Then , while , and hence .
Theorem 9. Let be an STS and let . Then .
Proof. Let . Since , then and thus, . Moreover, since , then . Therefore, . Hence, . □
Theorem 10. Let be an STS and let . Then if and only if .
Proof. Necessity. Let
. Then
, and so
. Thus,
Sufficiency. Suppose that . We are going to show that .
As
, then
□
Theorem 11. For any STS, .
Proof. Let . Since , then , and so . Since , then . Hence, . Therefore, by Theorem 10, . □
Definition 7. A STS is called saturated if for all and .
Theorem 12. Let be a saturated STS. Let and . Then for each we have
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
Proof. (a) By Proposition 7 of [
5],
. To show that
, let
and let
such that
. Choose
such that
. Then we have
, and hence
. Since
is saturated, then
. Therefore,
.
(b) Since
, then by (a),
. And so,
However, , and . Hence, .
(c) Since
, then by (b),
. Since
, then by (a),
. Thus,
□
Theorem 13. Let be a saturated STS and let . Then if and only if for all .
Proof. Necessity. Let and let . Since , then , and so . However, by Theorem 12(c), . Therefore, , and hence .
Sufficiency. Suppose that for all . Then for every , . However, by Theorem 12(c), for all . Therefore, for all , and hence . Thus, . □
Corollary 2. Let be saturated and soft anti-locally countable STS. Let . Then if and only if for all .
Proof. This follows from Theorems 6 and 13. □
Corollary 3. Let be a TS and B be any set of parameters. Let . Then if and only if
Proof. It is clear that is saturated. So, the result follows from Theorem 13. □
Corollary 4. Let be an anti-locally countable TS and B be any set of parameters. Let . Then if and only if .
Proof. It is clear that is saturated and soft anti-locally countable. So, the result follows from Corollary 2. □
Theorem 14. Let be a collection of TSs. Then if and only if for all .
Proof. Necessity. Let
and let
. Since
, then
and so
. However, by Lemma 4.9 of [
7],
. Therefore,
.
Sufficiency. Let
for all
. Then for every
,
. However, by Lemma 4.9 of [
7],
for all
. Hence,
. □
Corollary 5. Let be a TS and B be any set of parameters. Let . Then if and only if for every .
Proof. For each , put . Then and the result follows from Theorem 14. □
Theorem 15. Let be a collection of TSs. Then if and only if for all .
Proof. Necessity. Let
and let
. Since
, then
. By Theorem 8 of [
30],
and so
. Hence,
. However, by Lemma 4.7 of [
7],
. Therefore,
.
Sufficiency. Let
for all
. Then for every
,
. However, by Lemma 4.7 of [
7],
for all
. Hence,
. □
Corollary 6. Let be a TS and B be any set of parameters. Let . Then if and only if for every .
Proof. For each , put . Then and the result follows from Theorem 15. □
4. The Soft Topology of Soft -Open
Sets
In this section, we define the soft -closure operator and use it to define soft -open sets as a new class of soft open sets which form a soft topology. Moreover, we will study the correspondence between soft -open in soft topological spaces and -open in topological spaces.
Definition 8. Let be an STS and let . The soft -closure of K in is denoted by and defined as follows:
if and only if for each with , we have .
Remark 1. Let be an STS and let . Then if and only if for each with , we have .
Definition 9. Let be an STS and let . Then K is called
a. a soft -closed set in if .
b. a soft -open set in if is a soft -closed set in .
The family of all soft -open sets in will be denoted by .
Theorem 16. Let be an STS and let . Then
a. .
b. If M is a soft δ-closed set in , then M is a soft -closed set in .
c. If M is a soft -closed set in , then M is a soft closed set in .
Proof. Point (a) follows from the definitions and Theorem 3.
Points (b) and (c) follow from the definitions and part (a). □
Theorem 17. Let be an STS and let . Then
a. If , then .
b. .
c. .
d. If , .
e. If , .
Proof. (a) Let and let such that . Then . Since , then . Thus, .
(b) By (a),
and
. Thus,
. To show that
, let
. We are going to show that
. Let
such that
. Since
, then there exists
such that
and
. By Theorem 8,
. Since
and
, then
. However,
Therefore, . Hence, .
(c) We will show that . Let . Then we find such that but . Thus, . Hence, .
(d) Suppose that . By Theorem 16 (a), . To see that , suppose to the contrary that there exists . Since we have and , then , and so . Choose . Since , then which is a contradiction.
(e) Suppose that . By Theorem 16 (a), it is sufficient to show that . Suppose to the contrary that there exists . Since we have and , then , and so . Choose . Since , then which is a contradiction. □
Theorem 18. Let be an STS and let be the family of all soft -closed sets in . Then
a. .
b. If , then .
c. If , then .
Proof. a. Obvious.
b. Let . Then and . Thus, by Theorem 17 (b), . Therefore, .
c. Let . Then for each , . It is clear that . On the other hand, by Theorem 17 (a), we have for all . Hence, . □
Theorem 19. For anySTS , is a STS.
Proof. This follows directly from Theorem 18. □
Theorem 20. Let be an STS and let . Then the following are equivalent:
a. .
b. For any , there exists such that .
c. For any , there exists such that .
Proof. (a) ⟶ (b): Let . Since by (a) , then , and so . Thus, there exists such that and . Hence, .
(b) ⟶ (c): Let . Then by (b), there exists such that . Put . Then by Theorem 9, , which ends the proof.
(c) ⟶ (a) Suppose to the contrary that . Then , and so there exists . Since , then by (c), there exists such that , and thus . Hence, which is a contradiction. □
Corollary 7. For any STS , is a soft base for .
Theorem 21. For anySTS , .
Proof. Since and are soft bases for and , respectively, and , then . Moreover, by Theorem 3 and Corollary 7, we have . □
Theorem 22. For any soft locally countable STS , .
Proof. This follows from Theorem 5 and Corollary 7. □
Theorem 23. For any soft anti-locally countable STS , .
Proof. This follows from Theorem 6, Corollary 7, and the fact that is a soft base for . □
Theorem 24. If is soft regular, then .
Proof. According to Theorem 21, it is sufficient to show that . Let and let . Since is soft regular, then there exists such that and so . However, . This implies that . □
Theorem 25. If is soft ω-regular, then .
Proof. According to Theorem 21, it is sufficient to show that . Let and let . Since is soft -regular, then there exists such that , and so . This implies that . □
The assumption that is soft anti-locally countable in Theorem 23 is not superfluous, as the following example shows:
Example 4. Let Y be any non-empty set, B be any set of parameters, and . Let . Then is soft locally countable. So, by Theorem 22, . Since , then for every , . This shows that .
The assumption that is soft -regular in Theorem 25 is not superfluous, as the following example shows:
Example 5. Let and . Let . Then is soft anti-locally countable. So, by Theorem 23, .
Theorem 26. For any STS , .
Proof. Since and are soft bases for and
, respectively, and by Theorem 7, , then . □
Remark 2. Let be an STS and let . Then .
Theorem 27. If is soft locally countable, then .
Proof. By Theorem 22, and thus, . □
Theorem 28. If is soft ω-regular, then .
Proof. By Theorem 25, and thus, . □
Corollary 8. If is soft regular, then .
Theorem 29. For any STS , .
Proof. By Theorem 21, . To show that , let and let . Then there exists such that . Put . Then with . By Theorem 4.5 (e), . Thus, by Theorem 21, . It follows that . □
Corollary 9. If is soft anti-locally countable, then .
Proof. It follows form Theorems 23 and 29. □
Theorem 30. Let be a saturated STS. Then for all .
Proof. Let . To show that , let and let . Choose such that . Then , and so there exists such that . Thus, and by Theorem 3.17, . To show that , let and let . Then there exists such that . Choose such that . Then we have . However, by Theorem 12 (c), . Moreover, since , then . It follows that . □
Corollary 10. Let be saturated and soft anti-locally countable STS. Then for all .
Proof. This follows from Theorems 23 and 29. □
Corollary 11. Let be a TS and B be any set of parameters. Then for all .
Proof. It is clear that is saturated. So, by Theorem 30, for all . However, for all . This ends the proof. □
Theorem 31. Let be a collection of TSs. Then .
Proof. To see that , let . Let . We will show that . Let . Then . So, there exists such that and hence, . Now, by Theorem 14, . It follows that . To see that , let and let . Then . So, there exists such that . Let . Then . On the other hand, since and for all . Thus, by Theorem 14, . It follows that . □
Theorem 32. Let be a collection of TSs. Then for all .
Proof. Let . To see that , let and let . Choose such that . By Theorem 31, and so . To see that , let . Then . So, by Theorem 31, . Hence, . □
Corollary 12. Let be a TS and B be any set of parameters. Let . Then for all .
Proof. For each , put . Then and the result follows from Theorem 32. □
Theorem 33. Let be a collection of TSs. Then .
Proof. To see that , let . Let . We will show that . Let . Then . So, there exists such that and so, . Now, by Theorem 15, . It follows that . To see that , let and let . Then . So, there exists such that . Let . Then . On the other hand, since and for all . Thus, by Theorem 15, . It follows that . □
Theorem 34. Let be a collection of TSs. Then for all .
Proof. Let . To see that , let and let . Choose such that . By Theorem 33, and so . To see that , let . Then . So, by Theorem 33, . Hence, . □
Corollary 13. Let be a TS and B be any set of parameters. Then for all .
Proof. For each , put . Then and the result follows from Theorem 34. □