Incomparability with respect to the triangular order. (Q2798086)

Based on Mitsch's proposal of a natural partial order for semigroups, each triangular norm on a bounded lattice \(L\) generates a coarsening of the original order on \(L\). Let's call this coarsening a triangular order. Based on this idea, in this paper a set of incomparable elements with respect to the triangular order for any considered triangular norm on \(L\) is defined. Subsequently, by means of this triangular order, an equivalence relation on the class of t-norms on \(L\) is defined and this equivalence relation is deeply discussed. Consider, for example, the real unit interval \(L=[0,1]\) equipped with the standard (total) order on reals. Then, all continuous triangular norms on \([0,1]\) form an equivalence class related to the standard total order on reals (i.e., then the triangular order coincide with the original order on \(L\)). On the other hand, this is not more true when sup-preserving triangular norms are considered.