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A note on Artico-Moresco fuzzy proximity spaces. (English) Zbl 0983.54009

Let \({\mathbf A}\) be a fibre-small topological construct and \(X\) a set. A co-tower of \({\mathbf A}\)-structures on \(X\) is a function \(\Gamma\) from \([0,1]\) to the complete lattice of \({\mathbf A}\)-structures on \(X\) such that \[ \{(X,\Gamma (\alpha)) @>\text{id}_X>> (X,\Gamma (\beta))\}_{\beta >\alpha} \] is an initial source for each \(\alpha\in [0,1]\). A morphism between co-tower spaces \((X,\Gamma)\to(Y,\Xi)\) is a function \(f:X\to Y\) such that \(f:(X,\Gamma (\alpha)) \to(Y,\Xi (\alpha))\) is a morphism in \({\mathbf A}\) for each \(\alpha\in I\). The construct of co-tower spaces and morphisms is denoted \({\mathbf A}^c(I)\), called the co-tower extension of \({\mathbf A}\).
It is known that the topological construct of fuzzy neighborhood spaces [B. Lowen, Fuzzy Sets Syst. 7, 165-189 (1982; Zbl 0487.54008)] and that of Lowen fuzzy uniform spaces [R. Lowen, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 82, 370-385 (1981; Zbl 0494.54005)] are isomorphic to the co-tower extensions of the construct of topological spaces and uniform spaces respectively. In this paper, the authors add another example to this list, precisely, they show that the topological construct of Artico-Moresco fuzzy proximity spaces [G. Artico and R. Moresco, Fuzzy Sets Syst. 21, 85-98 (1987; Zbl 0612.54006); 31, No. 1, 111-121 (1989; Zbl 0696.54007)] is isomorphic to the co-tower extension of the topological construct of proximity spaces.

MSC:

54A40 Fuzzy topology
54E05 Proximity structures and generalizations
54B30 Categorical methods in general topology