Folding theory applied to residuated lattices (Q2330252)

Summary: Residuated lattices play an important role in the study of fuzzy logic based on \(t\)-norms. In this paper, we introduce some notions of \(n\)-fold filters in residuated lattices, study the relations among them, and compare them with prime, maximal and primary, filters. This work generalizes existing results in BL-algebras and residuated lattices, most notably the works of \textit{C. Lele} and \textit{J. B. Nganou} [Fuzzy Sets Syst. 218, 103--113 (2013; Zbl 1286.06017)], \textit{S. Motamed} and \textit{A. B. Saeid} [``\(n\)-Fold obstinate filters in BL-algebras'', Neural Comput. Appl. 20, No. 4, 461--472 (2011; \url{doi:10.1007/s00521-011-0548-z})], \textit{M. Haveshki} et al. [Soft Comput. 10, No. 8, 657--664 (2006; Zbl 1103.03062)], Borzooei et al., \textit{B. Van Gasse} et al. [Inf. Sci. 180, No. 16, 3006--3020 (2010; Zbl 1206.03058)], \textit{M. Kondo} and \textit{W. A. Dudek} [Soft Comput. 12, No. 5, 419--423 (2008; Zbl 1165.03056)], \textit{M. Kondo} and \textit{E. Turunen} [``Prime filters on residuated lattices'', in: Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE international symposium on multiple-valued logic, ISMVL 2012. Victoria, Canada. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society. 89--91 (2012; \url{doi:10.1109/ISMVL.2012.40})], and \textit{A. Borumand Saeid} and \textit{M. Pourkhatoun} [Bull. Math. Soc. Sci. Math. Roum., Nouv. Sér. 55(103), No. 4, 413--422 (2012; Zbl 1274.03105)], we draw diagrams summarizing the relations between different types of \(n\)-fold filters and \(n\)-fold residuated lattices.