1. Introduction
Following the introduction of the fuzzy set (FS) [
1], a variety of studies on generalisations of FS concepts were performed. In the sense that the theory of sets should have been a particular case of the theory of FSs, the theory of FSs is a generalisation of the classical theory of sets. Following the generalisation of FSs, many scholars used the theory of generalised FSs in a variety of fields in science and technology. Fuzzy topology (FT) was first introduced by Chang [
2], and Intuitionistic fuzzy topological space (FITS) was defined by Coker [
3]. Many researchers studied topology based on neutrosophic sets (NS), such as Lupianez [
4,
5,
6,
7] and Salama et al. [
8]. Kelly [
9] defined the concept of bitopological space (BTS) in 1963. Kandil et al. [
10] studied the topic of fuzzy bitopological space (FBTS). Some characteristics of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Bitopological Space (IFBTS) were addressed by Lee et al. [
11]. Garg [
12] investigated how to rank interval-valued Pythagorean FSs using a modified score function. A Pythagorean fuzzy method for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method based on Pythagorean FSs was discussed, which took the experts’ preferences in the form of interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy decision matrices. Moreover, different explorations of the theory of Pythagorean FSs can be seen in [
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19]. Yager [
20] proposed the q-rung orthopair FSs, in which the sum of the qth powers of the membership (MS) and non-MS degrees is restricted to one [
21]. Peng and Liu [
22] studied the systematic transformation for information measures for q-rung orthopair FSs. Pinar and Boran [
23] applied a q-rung orthopair fuzzy multi-criteria group decision-making method for supplier selection based on a novel distance measure.
Cuong et al. [
24] proposed a picture FS as an extension of FS and Intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) that contains the concept of an element’s positive, negative, and neutral MS degree. Cuong [
25] investigated several picture FS characteristics and proposed distance measurements between picture FS. Phong et al. [
26] investigated some picture fuzzy relation compositions. Cuong et al. [
27] examined the basic fuzzy logic operators: negations, conjunctions, and disjunctions, as well as their implications on picture FSs, and also developed main operations for fuzzy inference processes in picture fuzzy systems. For picture FSs, Cuong et al. [
28] demonstrated properties of an involutive picture negator and some related De Morgan fuzzy triples. Viet et al. [
29] presented a picture fuzzy inference system based on MS graph, and Singh [
30] studied correlation coefficients of picture FS. Garg [
31] studied some picture fuzzy aggregation operations and their applications to multi-criteria decision-making. Quek et al. [
32] used T-spherical fuzzy weighted aggregation operators to investigate the MADM problem. Garg [
33] suggested interactive aggregation operators for T-spherical FSs and used the proposed operators to solve the MADM problem. Zeng et al. [
34] studied on multi-attribute decision-making process with immediate probabilistic interactive averaging aggregation operators of T-spherical FSs and its application in the selection of solar cells. Munir et al. [
35] investigated T-spherical fuzzy Einstein hybrid aggregation operators and how they could be applied in multi-attribute decision-making issues. Mahmood et al. [
36] proposed the idea of a spherical FS and consequently a T-spherical FS.
Many researchers also studied FT and then generalised it in the IFS and then to the neutrosophic topology. Warren [
37] studied the boundary of an FS in FT. Warren [
37] studied some properties of the boundary of an FS and found that some properties are not the same as the properties of the crisp boundary of a set. Later, many authors studied the properties of the boundary of an FS. Tang [
38] made heavy use of the notion of fuzzy boundary. Kharal [
39] studied Frontier and Semifrontier in IFTSs. Salama et al. [
40] studied generalised neutrosophic topological space (NTS), where they have discussed on properties of generalised closed sets. Azad [
41] introduced the concepts of fuzzy semi-continuity (FSC), fuzzy almost continuity (FAC), and fuzzy weakly continuity (FWC) (FWC). Smarandache [
42,
43] suggested neutrosophic set (NS) theory, which generalised FST and IFST and incorporated a degree of indeterminacy as an independent component. Mwchahary et al. [
44] studied on properties of the boundary of neutrosophic bitopological space (NBTS). Many authors studied the properties of the boundary of an FS by several methods (FS, IFS, and NS), but some of its properties are not the same as the properties of the crisp boundary of a set.
Blizard [
45] traced multisets back to the very origin of numbers, arguing that in ancient times, the number was often represented by a collection of n strokes, tally marks, or units. The idea of fuzzy multiset (FMS) was introduced by Yager [
46] as fuzzy bags. In the interest of brevity, we consider our attention to the basic concepts such as an open FMS, closed FMS, interior, closure, and continuity of FMSs. Yager, in [
46], generalised the FS by introducing the concept of FMS (fuzzy bag), and he discussed a calculus for them in [
47]. An element of an FMS can occur more than once with possibly the same or different MS values. If every element of an FMS can occur at most once, we go back to FSs [
48]. In [
49], Onasanya et al. defined the multi-fuzzy group (FMG), and in [
50,
51], the authors defined fuzzy multi-polygroups and fuzzy multi-Hv-ideals and studied their properties. In [
52], Neutrosophic Multigroup (NMG) and their applications are observed. A new type of FS (FMS) was studied by Sebastian et al. [
53]. This set makes use of ordered sequences of MS functions to express problems that are not covered by other extensions of FS theory, such as pixel colour. Dey et al. [
54] were the first to establish the concept of multi-fuzzy complex numbers and multi-fuzzy complex sets. Over a distributive lattice, the authors [
54] proposed multi fuzzy complex nilpotent matrices. Yong et al. [
55] recently proposed the notion of the multi-fuzzy soft set, which is a more general fuzzy soft set, for its application to decision making.
Motivation
There is a lot of ambiguity information in the real world that crisp values cannot manage. The FS theory [
1], proposed by Zadeh, is an age-old and excellent tool for dealing with uncertain information; however, it can only be used on random processes. As a result, Sebastian et al. [
56] introduced FMSs, Atanassov [
57] suggested the IFS theory, and Shinoj et al. [
58] launched intuitionistic FMSs, all based on FS theory. The theories mentioned above have expanded in a variety of ways and have applications in a variety of fields, including algebraic structures. Some of the selected papers are those on FSs [
59,
60,
61], FMSs [
62,
63,
64], IFSs [
65,
66,
67,
68,
69,
70,
71,
72], and intuitionistic FMSs [
73]. However, these theories are incapable of dealing with all forms of uncertainty, such as indeterminate and inconsistent data in various decision-making situations. To address this shortfall, Smarandache [
74] proposed the NS theory, which makes Atanassov’s [
57] theory very practical and easy to apply. In this current decade, neutrosophic environments are mainly interested by different fields of researchers. In Mathematics, much theoretical research has also been observed in the sense of neutrosophic environment. A more theoretical study will be required to build a broad framework for decision-making and to define patterns for the conception and implementation of complex networks. Deli et al. [
75] and Ye [
76,
77] proposed the notion of neutrosophic multiset (NMS) for modelling vagueness and uncertainty in order to improve the NS theory further. From the literature survey, it was noticed that precisely the properties of the neutrosophic multi topological group (NMTG) are not performed. Now, as an update for the research in NMS, we introduced the definition of a neutrosophic semi-open set, neutrosophic semi-closed set, neutrosophic regularly open set, neutrosophic regularly closed set, neutrosophic continuous mapping, neutrosophic open mapping, neutrosophic closed mapping, neutrosophic semi-continuous mapping, neutrosophic semi-open mapping, neutrosophic semi-closed mapping. Moreover, we tried to prove some of their properties and also cited some examples. We defined the neutrosophic multi almost topological group by using the definition of neutrosophic multi almost continuous mapping and investigate some properties and theorems of a neutrosophic multi almost topological group.
3. Results
Definition 10. Letbe NMTS. Then for an NMS, the neutrosophic interior ofcan be defined as.
Definition 11. Letbe NMTS. Then for an NMS, the neutrosophic closure ofcan be defined as.
Definition 12. Letbe an NMG on a group. Letbe a NMT on, thenis known as a neutrosophic multi topological group (NMTG) if it satisfies the given conditions:
- (i)
defined by,, is relatively neutrosophic multi continuous;
- (ii)
defined by,, is relatively neutrosophic multi continuous.
Definition 13. Letbe an NMS of an NMTS, thenis called aneutrosophic multi semi-open set (NMSOS)ofifa,such that.
Example 2. Let:
Then is neutrosophic multi topological space.
Then .
Hence, is NMSOS.
Definition 14. Letbe an NMS of an NMTS, thenis called aneutrosophic multisemi-closedset (NMSCoS)ofifa,such that.
Lemma 1. Letbe a mapping andbe a family of NMSs of, then (1)
and (ii).
Proof. Proof is straightforward. □
Lemma 2. Let be NMSs of and , then .
Proof. Let be any element of , , for each . □
Lemma 3. Let and be NMSs of , ; we have .
Proof. For each
, we have
□
Lemma 4. Let be the graph of a mapping . Then, if is NMSs of and , .
Proof. For each
, we have
□
Lemma 5. For a family of NMSs of NMTS , . In the case that is a finite set, . Moreover, , where a subfamily of is said to be subbase for if the collection of all intersections of members of forms a base for .
Lemma 6. For an NMS of an NMTS , (a) , and (b) .
Proof. Proof is straightforward. □
Theorem 1. The statements below are equivalent:
- (i)
is an NMCoS;
- (ii)
is an NMOS;
- (iii)
;
- (iv)
.
Proof. (i) and (ii) are equivalent follows from Lemma 6, since for an NMS of an NMTS such that and .
(i)(iii). By definition, an NMCoS such that ; hence, . Since is the largest NMOS contained in , we have ;
(iii)(i) follows by taking ;
(ii)(iv) can similarly be proved. □
Theorem 2. (i) Arbitrary union of NMSOSs is an NMSOS;
(ii) Arbitrary intersection of NMSCoSs is an NMSCoS.
Proof. (i) Let be a collection of NMSOSs of an NMTS . Then a such that for each α. Thus, (Lemma 5), and , this shows that is an NMSOS;
(ii) Let be a collection of NMSCoSs of an NMTS . Then a such that for each α. Thus, (Lemma 5), and , this shows that is an NMSCoS. □
Remark 1. It is clear that every NMOS (NMCoS) is an NMSOS (NMSCoS). The converse is not true.
Example 3. From Example 2, it is clear thatis a neutrosophic multi semi-open set, butis not NMOS.
Theorem 3. Ifandare NMTSs, andis a product related to. Then the productof an NMSOSofand an NMSOSofis an NMSOS of the neutrosophic multi-product space.
Proof. Let and , where and . Then . For NMSs ’s of and ’s of , we have:
- (a)
;
- (b)
;
- (c)
.
It is sufficient to prove
. Let
and
. Then
Since,
and
we have,
, hence the result. □
Definition 15. An NMS of an NMTSis called a neutrosophic multi regularly open set (NMROS) ofif.
Example 4. Then is neutrosophic multi topological space.
Clearly, .
Hence, is NMROS.
Definition 16. An NMS of an NMTSis called a neutrosophic multi regularly closed set (NMRCoS) ofif.
Theorem 4. An NMSof NMTSis an NMRO ifis NMRCo.
Proof. It follows from Lemma 3. □
Remark 2. It is obvious that every NMROS (NMRCoS) is an NMOS (NMCoS). The converse need not be true.
Example 5. Letand
Then is a neutrosophic multi topological space.
Then , which is not NMROS.
Remark 3. The union (intersection) of any two NMROSs (NMRCoS) need not be an NMROS (NMRCoS).
Example 6. Letand
is a neutrosophic multi topological space, where
Here, , , and , .
Then .
Thus, .
Hence, and is NROS, but is not NROS.
Theorem 5. (i) The intersection of any two NMROSs is an NMROS;
(ii) The union of any two NMRCoSs is an NMRCoS.
Proof. (i) Let and be any two NMROSs of an NMTS . Since is NMOS (from Remark 3), we have . Now, and implies that , hence the theorem;
(ii) Let and be any two NMROSs of an NMTS . Since is NMOS (from Remark 3), we have . Now, and implies that , hence the theorem. □
Theorem 6. (i) The closure of an NMOS is an NMRCoS;
(ii) The interior of an NMCoS is an NMROS.
Proof. (i) Let be an NMOS of an NMTS , clearly, . Now, is NMOS implies that , and hence, . Thus, is NMRCoS;
(ii) Let be an NMCoS of an NMTS , clearly, . Now, is NMCoS implies that , and hence, . Thus, is NMROS. □
Definition 17. Letbe a mapping from an NMTSto another NMTS, thenis known as a neutrosophic multi continuous mapping (NMCM), iffor each, or equivalentlyis an NMCoS offor each CoNMSof.
Example 7. Letand
Then and are neutrosophic multi topological spaces.
Now, define a mapping by and .
Thus, is NMCM.
Definition 18. Letbe a mapping from an NMTSto another NMTS, thenis called a neutrosophic multi open mapping (NMOM) iffor each.
Definition 19. Letbe a mapping from an NMTSto another NMTS, thenis said to be a neutrosophic multi-closed mapping (NMCoM) ifis an NMCoS offor each NMCoSof.
Definition 20. Letbe a mapping from an NMTSto another NMTS, thenis called a neutrosophic multi semi-continuous mapping (NMSCM), ifis the NMSOS of, for each.
Definition 21. Letbe a mapping from an NMTSto another NMTS, thenis called a neutrosophic multi semi-open mapping (NMSOM) ifis a SONMS for each.
Example 8. Letand Then and are neutrosophic multi topological spaces.
Clearly, is a semi-open set.
Then a mapping defined by and .
Hence, is NMSOM.
Definition 22. Letbe a mapping from an NMTSto another NMTS, thenis called a neutrosophic multi semi-closed mapping (NMSCoM) ifis an NMSCoS for each NMCoSof.
Remark 4. From Remark 1, an NMCM (NMOM, NMCoM) is also an NMSCM (NMSOM, NMSCoM).
Example 9. Letand Then and are neutrosophic multi topological spaces.
Let us define a mapping by and .
Thus, is NMSCM, which is not an NMCM.
Theorem 7. Let,,andbe NMTSs such thatis product related to. Then, the productof NMSCMsandis NMSCM.
Proof. Let
, where
’s and
’s are NMOSs of
and
, respectively, be an NMOS of
. By using Lemma 1(i) and Lemma 3, we have
where
is an NMSOS follows from Theorem 3 and Theorem 2 (i). □
Theorem 8. Let,andbe NMTSs andbe the projection ofonto. Then, ifis an NMSCM,is also NMSCM.
Proof. For an NMOS of , we have . is an NMCM and is an NMSCM, which implies that is an NMSOS of . □
Theorem 9. Letbe a mapping from an NMTSto another NMTS. Then if the graphofis NMSCM,is also NMSCM.
Proof. From Lemma 4, , for each NMOS of . Since is an NMSCM and is an NMOS , is an NMSOS of and hence is an NMSCM. □
Remark 5. The converse of Theorem 9 is not true.
Definition 23. A mappingfrom an NMTSto another NMTSis known as a neutrosophic multi almost continuous mapping (NMACM), iffor each NMROSof.
Example 10. Letand
Then and are neutrosophic multi topological spaces.
Clearly, , .
Hence, is NMROS.
Now, let us define a mapping by .
Thus, is NMACM.
Theorem 10. Let be a mapping. Then the below statements are equivalent:
- (a)
is an NMACM;
- (b)
is an NMCoS, for each NMRCoSof;
- (c)
, for each NMOSof;
- (d)
, for each NMCoSof.
Proof. Consider that , for any NMS of , (a) (b) follows from Theorem 4.
(a) (c). Since is an NMOS of , , hence, . From Theorem 6 (ii), is an NMROS of , hence is an NMOS of . Thus, .
(c) (a). Let be an NMROS of , then we have . Thus, . This shows that is an NMOS of .
(b) (d) similarly can be proved. □
Remark 6. Clearly, an NMCM is an NMACM. The converse need not be true.
Example 11. Let and
Then, and are neutrosophic multi topological spaces.
Clearly, .
Hence, is NMROS in .
Now, a mapping defined by .
Then clearly, is NMACM but not NMCM.
Theorem 11. Neutrosophic multi semi-continuity and neutrosophic multi almost continuity are independent notions.
Definition 24. AN NMTSis called a neutrosophic multi semi-regularly space (NMSRS) if and only if the collection of all NMROSs offorms a base for NMT.
Theorem 12. Letbe a mapping from an NMTSto an NMSRS. Thenis NMACM iffis NMCM.
Proof. From Remark 6, it suffices to prove that if
is NMACM, then it is NMCM. Let
, then
, where
’s are NMROSs of
. Now, from Lemma 1(i), 5, and Theorem 10 (c), we obtain
which shows that
. □
Theorem 13. Let,andbe the NMTSs, such thatis product related to. Then the productof NMACMsandis NMACM.
Proof. Let
, where
’s and
’s are NMOSs of
and
, respectively, be an NMOS of
. From Lemma 1(i), 3, 5, and
Theorems 6, and 10 (c), we have
Thus, by Theorem 10 (c),
is NMACM. □
Theorem 14. Let,andbe an NMTSs andbe the projection ofonto. Then ifis an NMACM,is also an NMACM.
Proof. Since is NMCM Definition 16, for any NMS of , we have (i) and (ii) . Again, since (i) each is an NMOS, and (ii) for any NMS of (a) and (b) , we have and hence, . □
Thus,
establishes that
. Now, for any NMOS
of
,
Theorem 15. Letandbe NMTSs such thatis product related toand letbe a mapping. Then, the graphofis NMACM ifis NMACM.
Proof. Consider that
is an NMACM and
is an NMOS of
. Then, using Lemma 4 and Theorems 10 (c), we have
Thus, by Theorem 10 (c),
is NMACM.
Conversely, let be an NMACM and , where ’s and ’s are NMOSs of and respectively, be an NMOS of .
Since
is an NMOSs of
contained in
and hence, using Lemmas 1(i), 4 and 5, and Theorems 10 (c), we have
Thus, by Theorem 10(c),
is NMACM. □
Definition 25. Let be an NMG on a group. Now, ifis an NMT on, thenis said to be a neutrosophic multi almost topological group (NMATG) if the given conditions are satisfied:
- (i)
:is NMACM;
- (ii)
:is NMACM.
Thenis known as an NMATG.
Remark 7. is an NMATG if the below conditions hold good:
- (i)
Forand every NMROScontainingin,open neighborhoodsandofandinsuch that;
- (ii)
Forand everyincontaining, ∃ open neighborhoodofinso that.
Remark 8. For any, we denotebyand defined asand. Iffor each, we denotebyandby.
Example 12. Let,be a classical group andThenis NTS and the mapping:and:are NMACM. Hence,is NMATG. Theorem 16. Letbe an NMATG and letbe any element of. Then
- (a)
:,, is NMACM;
- (b)
:,, is NMACM.
Proof. (a) Let and let be an NMROS containing in . By Definition 25, open neighborhoods of in such that . Especially, , i.e., . This proves that is NMACM at , and hence, is NMACM.
(b) Suppose and contain . Then ∃ open sets and in such that . This proves . This shows that is NMACM at . Since arbitrary element is in , hence, is NMACM. □
Theorem 17. Letbe NMROS in a NMATG. The below conditions hold good:
- (a)
,;
- (b)
,;
- (c)
.
Proof. (a) We first show that . Let . Then by Definition 25 of NMATGs, ∃ NMOSs and in such that . Especially, . That is, equivalently, . This indicates that and thus, . That is . Consequently, .
Now, we have to prove that . As is NMOS, . By Theorem 16, is NMACM, and therefore, is NMCoS. Thus, , i.e., . Since is NMROS, it follows that , i.e., . Thus . This proves that .
(b) Following the same steps as in part (1) above, we can prove that .
(c) Let , then ∃ open set in such that . Thus, has interior point . Thus, is NMOS. That is, . Now we have to prove that . Since is NMOS, is NMRCoS and thus is CoNMS in . Thus, . Thus, . This proves that . □
Corollary 1. Letbe any NMRCoS in an NMATG in. Then
- (a)
, for each;
- (b)
.
Theorem 18. Letbe any NMROS in an NMATG. Then
- (a)
, for each;
- (b)
;
- (c)
.
Proof. (a) Assume and consider . Let be NMOS in . Then ∃ NMOSs and in , such that . By hypothesis, there is . Since is NMOS, . That is, .
Conversely, let . Then for some .
To prove .
Let be an NMOS in . Then ∃ NMOSs in and in so that . Since , . There is . This implies . From Theorem 17, is NMOS and thus , therefore . Therefore .
(b) Following the same steps as in part (1) above, we can prove that .
(c) Since is NMRCoS, is NMCoS in Therefore, this gives . Next, let . Then , for some . Let be any NMOS in . Then ∃ open set in such that with . Moreover, there is which implies . That is, , since is NMOS. Therefore, . Hence, . □
Theorem 19. Letbe NMRCo subset in an NMATG. Then the below assertions are true:
- (a)
,;
- (b)
,;
- (c)
.
Proof. (a) Since is NMRCoS, is NMROS in . Consequently, . Conversely, let be an arbitrary element. Suppose , for some . By hypothesis, this proves is NMCoS, and that is is NMROS in . Assume that and be NMOSs in , such that . Then , which means that . Thus, .
(b) Following the same steps as in part (1) above, we can prove that .
(c) Since is NMROS, is NMOS in . Therefore, implies that . Next, let be an arbitrary element of . Then , for some . Let be NMOS in . Then ∃ NMOS is in , such that with . Moreover, there is , which implies . That is , since is NMCoS. Hence, . □
Theorem 20. Letbe any NMSOS in an NMATG. Then
- (a)
,;
- (b)
,;
- (c)
.
Proof. (a) As is NMSOS, is NMRCoS. From Theorem 16, is NMACM. Thus, is NMCoS. Hence, .
(b) As is NMSOS, is NMRCoS. From Theorem 16, is NMACM. Thus, is NMCoS. Therefore, .
(c) Since is NMSOS, is NMRCoS, and hence, is NMCoS. Consequently, . □
Theorem 21. Letbe both NMSO and NMSCo subset of an NMATG. Then the below statements hold:
- (a)
, for each;
- (b)
;
- (c)
.
Proof. (a) Since is NMSOS, is NMRCoS, from which it implies that Further, neutrosophic multi semi-openness of gives . As is NMSCoS, is NMROS in . From Theorem 20, . Hence, .
(b) Following the same steps as in part (1) above, we can prove that .
(c) By hypothesis, this proves is NMRCoS and therefore is NMCoS. Consequently, . Next, since is NMSOS, . Moreover, as is NMSCoS, is NMROS. From Theorem 18, This shows that . □
Theorem 22. From Theorem 21, the following statements hold:
- (a)
, for each;
- (b)
;
- (c)
.
Proof. (a) As is NMSCoS, is NMROS. From Theorem 16, is NMACM. Therefore, is NMOS. Thus, . Next, by assumption, it implies that . As is NMSOS, is NMRCoS. From Theorem 19, . That is, . Therefore, we have, . Hence, it was proved.
(b) As is NMSCoS, is NMROS. From Theorem 16, is NMACM. Thus, is NMOS. Therefore, . Next, by assumption, this proves that . As is NMSOS, is NMRCoS. From Theorem 19, . That is, . Therefore, . Hence, it was proved.
(c) From assumption, this proves that is NMROS and therefore is NMOS. Consequently, Next, as is NMSCoS, . Moreover, as is NMSOS, is NMRCoS. From Theorem 19, . This proves that . □
Theorem 23. Letbe NMOS in an NMATG. Thenfor.
Proof. Since is NMOS, so . From Theorem 17, is NMOS (in fact, NMROS). Hence, . □
Theorem 24. Letbe any neutrosophic multi-closed subset in an NMATG. Thenfor each.
Proof. Since is NMCoS, so . From Theorem 17, is NMCoS (in fact, NMRCoS). Therefore, . Hence, . □