Hindawi Publishing Corporation Abstract and Applied Analysis Volume 2013, Article ID 560698, 9 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/560698 Research Article Structure of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets in Γ-Semihyperrings Bayram Ali Ersoy1 and Bijan Davvaz2 1 2 Department of Mathematics, Yildiz Technical University, 34210 Istanbul, Turkey Department of Mathematics, Yazd University, P.O. Box 89195-741, Yazd, Iran Correspondence should be addressed to Bayram Ali Ersoy; ersoya@yildiz.edu.tr Received 21 October 2012; Accepted 27 December 2012 Academic Editor: Feyzi BasΜ§ar Copyright © 2013 B. A. Ersoy and B. Davvaz. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. As we know, intuitionistic fuzzy sets are extensions of the standard fuzzy sets. Now, in this paper, the basic definitions and properties of intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideals of a Γ-semihyperring are introduced. A few examples are presented. In particular, some characterizations of Artinian and Noetherian Γ-semihyperring are given. 1. Introduction The theory of fuzzy sets proposed by Zadeh [1] has achieved a great success in various fields. In 1971, Rosenfeld [2] introduced fuzzy sets in the context of group theory and formulated the concept of a fuzzy subgroup of a group. Since then, many researchers are engaged in extending the concepts of abstract algebra to the framework of the fuzzy setting. The concept of a fuzzy ideal of a ring was introduced by Liu [3]. The concept of intuitionistic fuzzy set was introduced and studied by Atanassov [4–6] as a generalization of the notion of fuzzy set. In [7], Biswas studied the notion of an intuitionistic fuzzy subgroup of a group. In [8], Kim and Jun introduced the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy ideals of semirings. Also, in [9], Gunduz and Davvaz studied the universal coefficient theorem in the category of intuitionistic fuzzy modules. Also see [10, 11]. In 1964, Nobusawa introduced Γ-rings as a generalization of ternary rings. Barnes [12] weakened slightly the conditions in the definition of Γ-ring in the sense of Nobusawa. Barnes [12], Luh [13], and Kyuno [14] studied the structure of Γrings and obtained various generalization analogous to corresponding parts in ring theory. The concept of Γ-semigroups was introduced by Sen and Saha [15, 16] as a generalization of semigroups and ternary semigroups. Then the notion of Γ-semirings introduced by Rao [17]. Algebraic hyperstructures represent a natural extension of classical algebraic structures, and they were introduced by the French mathematician Marty [18]. Algebraic hyperstructures are a suitable generalization of classical algebraic structures. In a classical algebraic structure, the composition of two elements is an element, while in an algebraic hyperstructure, the composition of two elements is a set. Since then, hundreds of papers and several books have been written on this topic, see [19–22]. In [23–25], Davvaz et al. introduced the notion of a Γsemihypergroup as a generalization of a semihypergroup. Many classical notions of semigroups and semihypergroups have been extended to Γ-semihypergroups and a lot of results on Γ-semihypergroups are obtained. In [26–29], Davvaz et al. studied the notion of a Γ-semihyperring as a generalization of semiring, a generalization of a semihyperring, and a generalization of a Γ-semiring. The study of fuzzy hyperstructures is an interesting research topic of fuzzy sets. There is a considerable amount of work on the connections between fuzzy sets and hyperstructures, see [20]. In [30], Davvaz introduced the notion of fuzzy subhypergroups as a generalization of fuzzy subgroups, and this topic was continued by himself and others. In [31], Leoreanu-Fotea and Davvaz studied fuzzy hyperrings. Recently, Davvaz et al. [32–35] considered the intuitionistic fuzzification of the concept of algebraic hyperstructurs and investigated some properties of such hyperstructures. Now, in this work we introduce the notion of an Atanassov’s intuitionistic fuzzy hyperideals of a semihyperrings and investigate some basic properties about it. 2 Abstract and Applied Analysis 2. Basic Definitions Let π be a nonempty set, and let ℘β (π) be the set of all nonempty subsets of π. A hyperoperation on π is a map β : π×π → ℘β (π), and the couple (π, β) is called a hypergrupoid. If π΄ and π΅ are non-empty subsets of π, then we denote π΄βπ΅= π β π, ∪ π₯ β π΄ = {π₯} β π΄, π∈π΄, π∈π΅ (1) π΄ β π₯ = π΄ β {π₯} . A hypergrupoid (π, β) is called a semihypergroup if for all π₯, π¦, and π§ of π we have (π₯ β π¦) β π§ = π₯ β (π¦ β π§). That is, ∪ π’ β π§ = ∪ π₯ β π£. π’∈π₯βπ¦ π£∈π¦βπ§ (2) A semihypergroup (π, β) is called a hypergroup if for all π₯ ∈ π, π₯ β π = π β π₯ = π. A semihyperring is an algebraic structure (π, +, ⋅) which satisfies the following properties: (1) (π, +) is a commutative semihypergroup; that is, (i) (π₯ + π¦) + π§ = π₯ + (π¦ + π§), (ii) π₯ + π¦ = π¦ + π₯, for all π₯, π¦, π§ ∈ π. (2) (π, ⋅) is a semihypergroup; that is, (π₯ ⋅ π¦) ⋅ π§ = π₯ ⋅ (π¦ ⋅ π§), for all π₯, π¦, π§ ∈ π. (3) The multiplication is distributive with respect to hyperoperation +; that is, π₯ ⋅ (π¦ + π§) = π₯ ⋅ π¦ + π₯ ⋅ π§, (π₯ + π¦) ⋅ π§ = π₯ ⋅ π§ + π¦ ⋅ π§, (3) for all π₯, π¦, π§ ∈ π. (4) The element 0 ∈ π is an absorbing element; that is, 0 ⋅ π₯ = π₯ ⋅ 0 = 0, for all π₯ ∈ π. A semihyperring (π, +, ⋅) is called commutative if π₯ ⋅ π¦ = π¦ ⋅ π₯ for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π. Vougiouklis in [22] studied the notion of semihyperrings in a general form. That is, both sum and multiplication are hyperoperations. A semihyperring π has identity element if there exists 1π ∈ π, such that 1π ⋅ π₯ = π₯ ⋅ 1π = π₯, for all π₯ ∈ π. An element π₯ ∈ π is called unit if there exists π¦ ∈ π, such that π¦ ⋅ π₯ = π₯ ⋅ π¦ = 1π . A non-empty subset π΄ of a semihyperring (π, +, ⋅) is called subsemihyperring if π₯ + π¦ ⊆ π΄ and π₯ ⋅ π¦ ⊆ π΄, for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π΄. A left hyperideal of a semihyperring π is a non-empty subset πΌ of π satisfying the following: (i) π₯ + π¦ ⊆ πΌ, for all π₯, π¦ ∈ πΌ, (ii) π₯ ⋅ π ⊆ πΌ, for all π ∈ πΌ and π₯ ∈ π. Let π and Γ be two non-empty sets. Then, π is called a Γsemihypergroup; if for every hyperoperation πΎ ∈ Γ, πΌ, π½ ∈ Γ, and π₯, π¦, π§ ∈ π, we have (π₯π½π¦) πΎπ§ = π₯π½ (π¦πΎπ§) . (4) For example, π = [0, 1] and Γ ⊆ π. For all πΌ ∈ Γ and for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π, we define π₯πΌπ¦ = [0, max{π₯, πΌ, π¦}]. Then, π is a Γ-semihypergroup. The concept of Γ-semihyperring was introduced and studied by Dehkordi and Davvaz [26–28]. We recall the following definition from [26]. Definition 1. Let π be a commutative semihypergroup, and Γ be a commutative group. Then, π is called a Γ-semihyperring if there exists a map π × Γ × π → ℘∗ (π) (image to denoted by π₯πΎπ¦) satisfying the following conditions: (i) π₯πΌ(π¦ + π§) = π₯πΌπ¦ + π₯πΌπ§, (ii) (π₯ + π¦)πΌπ§ = π₯πΌπ§ + π¦πΌπ§, (iii) π₯(πΌ + π½)π§ = π₯πΌπ§ + π₯π½π§, (iv) π₯πΌ(π¦π½π§) = (π₯πΌπ¦)π½π§, for all π₯, π¦, π§ ∈ π and πΌ, π½ ∈ Γ. In the above definition, if π is a semigroup, then π is called a multiplicative Γ-semihyperring. A Γ-semihyperring π is called commutative if π₯πΌπ¦ = π¦πΌπ₯, for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π and πΌ ∈ Γ. We say that a Γ-semihyperring π is with zero, if there exists 0 ∈ π, such that π₯ ∈ π₯ + 0 and 0 ∈ 0πΌπ₯, for all π₯ ∈ π and πΌ ∈ Γ. Let π΄ and π΅ be two non-empty subsets of a Γ-semihyperring and π₯ ∈ π. We define π΄ + π΅ = {π₯ | π₯ ∈ π + π, π ∈ π΄, π ∈ π΅} , π΄Γπ΅ = {π₯ | π₯ ∈ ππΌπ, π ∈ π΄, π ∈ π΅, πΌ ∈ Γ} . (5) A non-empty subset of π1 of Γ-semihyperring π is called a π π’π-Γ-semihyperring if it is closed with respect to the multiplication and addition. In other words, a non-empty subset π1 of Γ-semihyperring π is a sub Γ-semihyperring if π1 + π1 ⊆ π1 , π1 Γπ1 ⊆ π1 . (6) Example 2. Let (π, +, ⋅) be a semiring, and let Γ be a subsemiring of π. We define π₯πΎπ¦ = β¨π₯, πΎ, π¦β© , (7) the ideal generated by π₯, πΎ, and π¦, for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π and πΎ ∈ Γ. Then, it is not difficult to see that π is a multiplicative Γsemihyperring. Example 3. Let π = Q+ , Γ = {πΎπ | π ∈ N} and π΄ π = πZ+ . We define π₯πΎπ π¦ → π₯π΄ π π¦ for every πΎ ∈ Γ and π₯, π¦ ∈ π. Then, π is a Γ-semihyperring under ordinary addition and multiplication. Example 4. Let (π, +, ⋅) be a semihyperring, and let ππ,π (π) the set of all π × π matrices with entries in π. We define β : ππ,π (π) × ππ,π (π) × ππ,π (π) → π∗ (ππ,π (π)) by π΄ β π΅ β πΆ = {π ∈ ππ,π (π) | π ∈ π΄π΅πΆ} , for all π΄, πΆ ∈ ππ,π (π) and π΅ ∈ ππ,π (π). (8) Abstract and Applied Analysis 3 Then, ππ,π (π) is ππ,π (π)-semihyperring [29]. Now, suppose that π = {(πππ )π,π | π11 =ΜΈ 0, π21 =ΜΈ 0, πππ = 0 otherwise} . (9) Now, it is easy to see that π is a sub Γ-semihyperring of π. A non-empty subset πΌ of a Γ-semihyperring π is a left (right) Γ-hyperideal of π if for any πΌ1 , πΌ2 ⊆ πΌ implies πΌ1 + πΌ2 ⊆ πΌ and πΌΓπ ⊆ πΌ (πΓπΌ ⊆ πΌ) and is a Γ-hyperideal of π if it is both left and right Γ-hyperideal. Example 5. Consider the following: π π π = {[ ] | π, π, π, π ∈ Z+ ∪ {0}} , π π π΄ π = {[ ππ 0 ] | π, π ∈ 2Z+ } , 0 ππ ∀π ∈ N, (10) Then, π is a Γ-semihyperring under the matrix addition and the hyperoperation as follows: (11) for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π and πΎπ ∈ Γ. Let π π πΌ1 = {[ ] | π, π ∈ Z+ ∪ {0}} , 0 0 π 0 πΌ2 = {[ ] | π, π ∈ Z+ ∪ {0}} , π 0 (12) π π πΌ3 = {[ ] | π, π, π, π ∈ 2Z+ ∪ {0}} . π π Then, πΌ1 is a right Γ-hyperideal of π, but not left. πΌ2 is a left Γ-hyperideal of π, but not right. πΌ3 is both right and left Γhyperideal of π. A fuzzy subset π of a non-empty set π is a function from π to [0, 1]. For all π₯ ∈ π ππ , the complement of π is the fuzzy subset defined by ππ (π₯) = 1 − π(π₯). The intersection and the union of two fuzzy subsets π and π of π, denoted by π ∩ π and π ∪ π, are defined by (π ∩ π) (π₯) = min {π (π₯) , π (π₯)} , (π ∪ π) (π₯) = max {π (π₯) , π (π₯)} . (13) Definition 6. Let π be a Γ-semihyperring, and let π be a fuzzy subset of π. Then, (1) π is called a fuzzy left Γ-hyperideal of π if min {π (π₯) , π (π¦)} ≤ inf {π (π§)} , π§∈π₯+π¦ π (π¦) ≤ inf {π (π§)} π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ ∀π₯, π¦ ∈ π, ∀πΎ ∈ Γ. (14) (2) π is called a fuzzy right Γ-hyperideal of π if min {π (π₯) , π (π¦)} ≤ inf {π (π§)} , π§∈π₯+π¦ π (π₯) ≤ inf {π (π§)} π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ ∀π₯, π¦ ∈ π, ∀πΎ ∈ Γ. Example 7. Let π1 = Z6 , Γ = {πΎ2 , πΎ3 }, π2 = {0, 3}, and π3 = {0} be non-empty subsets of π1 . We define π₯πΎπ π¦ = π₯ππ π¦, for every πΎπ ∈ Γ and π₯, π¦ ∈ π1 . Then, π1 is a Γ-semihypering. Now, we define the fuzzy subset π of π1 as follows: 0 { { {1 π (π₯) = { { {3 {1 if π₯ = 1, 2, 4, 5, if π₯ = 3, (16) if π₯ = 0. It is easy to see that π is a fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π1 . Γ = {πΎπ | π ∈ N} . π₯πΎπ π¦ = π₯π΄ π π¦, (3) π is called a fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π if π is both a fuzzy left Γ-hyperideal and fuzzy right Γ-hyperideal of π. (15) 3. Atanassov’s Intuitionistic Fuzzy Γ-Hyperideals The concept of intuitionistic fuzzy set was introduced and studied by Atanassov [4–6]. Intuitionistic fuzzy sets are extensions of the standard fuzzy sets. An intuitionistic fuzzy set π΄ in a non-empty set π has the form π΄ = {(π₯, ππ΄ (π₯), π π΄ (π₯)) | π₯ ∈ π}. Here, ππ΄ : π → [0, 1] is the degree of membership of the element π₯ ∈ π to the set π΄, and π π΄ : π → [0, 1] is the degree of nonmembership of the element π₯ ∈ π to the set π΄. We have also 0 ≤ ππ΄ (π₯) + π π΄(π₯) ≤ 1, for all π₯ ∈ π. Example 8 (see [35]). Consider the universe π = {10, 100, 500, 1000, 1200}. An intuitionistic fuzzy set “Large” of π denoted by π΄ and may be defined by π΄ = {β¨10, 0.01, 0.9β© , β¨100, 0.1, 0.88β© , β¨500, 0.4, 0.05β© , β¨1000, 0.8, 0.1β© , β¨1200, 1, 0β©} . (17) One may define an intuitionistic fuzzy set “Very Large” denoted by π΅, as follows: 2 ππ΅ (π₯) = (ππ΄ (π₯)) , 2 π π΅ (π₯) = 1 − (1 − π π΄ (π₯)) , (18) for all π₯ ∈ π. Then, π΅ = {β¨10, 0.0001, 0.99β© , β¨100, 0.01, 0.9856β© , β¨500, 0.16, 0.75β© , β¨1000, 0.64, 0.19β© , β¨1200, 1, 0β©} . (19) For the sake of simplicity, we shall use the symbol π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) instead of π΄ = {(π₯, ππ΄ (π₯), π π΄(π₯)) | π₯ ∈ π}. Let π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) and π΅ = (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) be two intuitionistic fuzzy sets of π. Then, the following expressions are defined in [4] as follows: (1) π΄ ⊆ π΅ if and only if ππ΄ (π₯) ≤ ππ΅ (π₯) and π π΄(π₯) ≥ π π΅ (π₯), for all π₯ ∈ π, (2) π΄πΆ = {(π₯, π π΄ (π₯), ππ΄ (π₯)) | π₯ ∈ π}, 4 Abstract and Applied Analysis (3) π΄ ∩ π΅ = {(π₯, min{ππ΄ (π₯), ππ΅ (π₯)}, max{π π΄(π₯), π π΅ (π₯)}) | π₯ ∈ π}, Example 11. Let π be a Γ-semihyperring defined in Example 5. Suppose that (4) π΄ ∪ π΅ = {(π₯, max{ππ΄ (π₯), ππ΅ (π₯)}, min{π π΄(π₯), π π΅ (π₯)}) | π₯ ∈ π}, (5) (6) 5 { { {8 ππ΄ π (π₯) = { 2 { { {5 β»π΄ = {(π₯, ππ΄ (π₯), ππ΄π (π₯)) | π₯ ∈ π}, ⬦π΄ = {(π₯, πππ΄(π₯), π π΄(π₯)) | π₯ ∈ π}. Now, we introduce the notion of intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideals of Γ-semihyperrings. 1 { { {9 π π΄ π (π₯) = { 4 { { {7 Definition 9. Let π be a Γ-semihyperring. (1) An intuitionistic fuzzy set π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) in π is called a left intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of Γsemihyperring π if (i) min{ππ΄ (π₯), ππ΄ (π¦)} ≤ inf π§∈π₯+π¦ {ππ΄ (π§)} and max{π π΄(π₯), π π΄ (π¦)} ≥ supπ§∈π₯+π¦ {π π΄ (π§)}, (ii) ππ΄ (π¦) ≤ inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {ππ΄ (π§)} and supπ§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {π π΄(π§)} ≤ π π΄(π¦), for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π, πΎ ∈ Γ. (2) An intuitionistic fuzzy set π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) in π is called a right intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of Γsemihyperring π if ≤ inf π§∈π₯+π¦ {ππ΄ (π§)}and (i) min{ππ΄ (π₯), ππ΄ (π¦)} max{π π΄(π₯), π π΄ (π¦)} ≥ supπ§∈π₯+π¦ {π π΄ (π§)}, (ii) ππ΄ (π₯) ≤ inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {ππ΄ (π§)} and supπ§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {π π΄(π§)} ≤ π π΄(π₯), for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π, πΎ ∈ Γ. (3) An intuitionistic fuzzy set π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄ ) in π is called an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of Γsemihyperring π if it is both left intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal and right intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Example 10. Let π1 be a Γ-semihyperring in Example 7. We define the fuzzy subsets ππ΄ and π π΄ of π1 as follows: 0 { { { { { {1 π (π₯) = { 4 { { { { {2 {5 1 { { { 2 { { { {1 π (π₯) = { {3 { { { {3 { { 10 if π, π, π, π ∈ 2Z+ ∪ {0} , otherwise, (21) + if π, π, π, π ∈ 2Z ∪ {0} , otherwise, for all π₯ ∈ π. Then, π΄ π = (ππ΄ π , π π΄ π ) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Theorem 12. Let π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) be an intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal of Γ-semihyperring π and 0 ≤ π‘ ≤ 1. We define an intuitionistic fuzzy set π΅ = (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) in π by ππ΅ (π₯) = π‘ππ΄ (π₯) and π π΅ (π₯) = (1 − π‘)π π΅ (π₯), for all π₯ ∈ π. Then, π΅ = (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Proof. Note that 0 ≤ ππ΅ (π₯) + π π΅ (π₯) = π‘ππ΄ (π₯) + (1 − π‘)π π΄(π₯) ≤ π‘ + 1 − π‘ = 1. Theorem 13. Let π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄ ) be an intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal of Γ-semihyperring π. We define an intuitionistic fuzzy set π΅ = (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) in π by ππ΅ (π₯) = (ππ΄ (π₯))2 and π π΅ (π₯) = 1 − (1 − π π΅ (π₯))2 , for all π₯ ∈ π. Then, π΅ = (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideals of π. Proof. Since π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal, we have inf π§∈π₯+π¦ {ππ΄ (π§)} ≥ min{ππ΄ (π₯), ππ΄ (π¦)} and so 2 2 ( inf {ππ΄ (π§)}) ≥ (min {ππ΄ (π₯) , ππ΄ (π¦)}) . π§∈π₯+π¦ (22) Hence, inf π§∈π₯+π¦ {(ππ΄ (π§))2 } ≥ min{(ππ΄ (π₯))2 , (ππ΄ (π¦))2 }; that is, inf {ππ΅ (π§)} ≥ min {ππ΅ (π₯) , ππ΅ (π¦)} . if π₯ = 1, 2, 4, 5, π§∈π₯+π¦ (23) if π₯ = 3, if π₯ = 0, (20) if π₯ = 1, 2, 4, 5, if π₯ = 3, if π₯ = 0. Then, π΄ is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π1 . Since inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {ππ΄ (π§)} ≥ ππ΄ (π¦), so (inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {ππ΄ (π§)})2 ≥ (ππ΄ (π¦))2 which implies that inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {(ππ΄ (π§))2 } ≥ (ππ΄ (π¦))2 . Hence, inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {ππ΅ (π§)} ≥ ππ΅ (π¦). Also, we have sup {π π΄ (π§)} ≤ max {π π΄ (π₯) , π π΄ (π¦)} π§∈π₯+π¦ σ³¨⇒ inf {−π π΄ (π§)} ≥ min {−π π΄ (π₯) , −π π΄ (π¦)} π§∈π₯+π¦ σ³¨⇒ 1 − inf {−π π΄ (π§)} ≥ 1 + min {−π π΄ (π₯) , −π π΄ (π¦)} π§∈π₯+π¦ Abstract and Applied Analysis 5 σ³¨⇒ inf {1 − π π΄ (π§)} ≥ min {1 − π π΄ (π₯) , 1 − π π΄ (π¦)} π§∈π₯+π¦ σ³¨⇒ ( inf {1 − π π΄ (π§)}) 2 π§∈π₯+π¦ ≥ (min {1 − π π΄ (π₯) , 1 − π π΄ (π¦)}) We proved the theorem for left intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideals. For the proof of right intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideals similar proof is used. Lemma 14. If {π΄ π = (ππ΄ π , π π΄ π )} is a collection of intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideals of π, then ∩π∈Λ π΄ π and ∪π∈Λ π΄ π are intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideals of π, too. 2 2 σ³¨⇒ inf {(1 − π π΄ (π§)) } Proof. The proof is straightforward. π§∈π₯+π¦ 2 2 Theorem 15. An intuitionistic fuzzy subset π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄ ) of a Γ-semihyperring π is a left (res. right) intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal of π if and only if for every π‘ ∈ [0, 1], the fuzzy sets ππ΄ and πππ΄ are left (res. right) fuzzy Γ-hyperideals of π. ≥ min {(1 − π π΄ (π₯)) , (1 − π π΄ (π¦)) } 2 σ³¨⇒ sup {−(1 − π π΄ (π§)) } π§∈π₯+π¦ 2 2 ≤ max {−(1 − π π΄ (π₯)) , −(1 − π π΄ (π¦)) } Proof. Assume that π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄ ) is a left intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Clearly, by using the definition, we have that ππ΄ is a left (res. right) fuzzy Γ-hyperideal. Also, 2 σ³¨⇒ 1 + sup {−(1 − π π΄ (π§)) } π§∈π₯+π¦ 2 inf {πππ΄ (π§)} = inf {1 − π π΄ (π§)} 2 ≤ 1 + max {−(1 − π π΄ (π₯)) , −(1 − π π΄ (π¦)) } π§∈π₯+π¦ 2 π§∈π₯+π¦ = 1 − sup {π π΄ (π§)} σ³¨⇒ sup {1 − (1 − π π΄ (π§)) } π§∈π₯+π¦ π§∈π₯+π¦ 2 2 ≥ min {1 − π π΄ (π₯) , 1 − π π΄ (π¦)} ≤ max {1 − (1 − π π΄ (π₯)) , 1 − (1 − π π΄ (π¦)) } = min {πππ΄ (π₯) , πππ΄ (π¦)} , σ³¨⇒ sup {π π΅ (π§)} ≤ max {π π΅ (π₯) , π π΅ (π¦)} . π§∈π₯+π¦ (24) inf {πππ΄ (π§)} = inf {1 − π π΄ (π§)} π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ (26) π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ = 1 − sup {π π΄ (π§)} π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ Moreover, we have ≥ 1 − π π΄ (π¦) = πππ΄ (π¦) , sup {π π΄ (π§)} ≤ π π΄ (π¦) π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π and πΎ ∈ Γ. Conversely, suppose that ππ΄ and πππ΄ are left (res. right) fuzzy Γ-hyperideals of π. We have min{ππ΄ (π₯), ππ΄ (π¦)} ≤ inf π§∈π₯+π¦ {ππ΄ (π§)} and ππ΄ (π¦) ≤ inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {ππ΄ (π§)}, for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π and πΎ ∈ Γ. We obtain σ³¨⇒ inf {−π π΄ (π§)} ≥ −π π΄ (π¦) π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ σ³¨⇒ 1 − inf {−π π΄ (π§)} ≥ 1 − π π΄ (π¦) π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ sup {π π΄ (π§)} = sup {1 − πππ΄ (π§)} σ³¨⇒ inf {1 − π π΄ (π§)} ≥ 1 − π π΄ (π¦) π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ π§∈π₯+π¦ 2 = 1 − inf {πππ΄ (π§)} 2 σ³¨⇒ ( inf {1 − π π΄ (π§)}) ≥ (1 − π π΄ (π¦)) π§∈π₯+π¦ π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ 2 ≤ max {1 − πππ΄ (π₯) , 1 − πππ΄ (π¦)} 2 σ³¨⇒ inf {(1 − π π΄ (π§)) } ≥ (1 − π π΄ (π¦)) π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ 2 = max {π π΄ (π₯) , π π΄ (π¦)} , 2 σ³¨⇒ sup {−(1 − π π΄ (π§)) } ≤ −(1 − π π΄ (π¦)) sup {π π΄ (π§)} = sup {1 − πππ΄ (π§)} π§∈π₯+π¦ π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ 2 σ³¨⇒ 1 + sup {−(1 − π π΄ (π§)) } ≤ 1 − (1 − π π΄ (π¦)) 2 π§∈π₯+π¦ 2 π§∈π₯+π¦ 2 σ³¨⇒ sup {1 − (1 − π π΄ (π§)) } ≤ 1 − (1 − π π΄ (π¦)) π§∈π₯+π¦ (27) π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ = 1 − inf {πππ΄ (π§)} π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ ≤ 1 − πππ΄ (π¦) = π π΄ (π¦). σ³¨⇒ sup {π π΅ (π§)} ≤ π π΅ (π¦) . π§∈π₯+π¦ (25) Therefore, π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄ ) is a left intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal of π. 6 Abstract and Applied Analysis For any fuzzy set π of π and any π‘ ∈ [0, 1], π(π; π‘) = {π₯ ∈ π | π(π₯) ≥ π‘} is called an upper bound π‘-πππ£ππ ππ’π‘ of π, and πΏ(π; π‘) = {π₯ ∈ π | π(π₯) ≤ π‘} is called a lower bound π‘-πππ£ππ ππ’π‘ of π. Proof. Since π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal of π, we have Theorem 16. An intuitionistic fuzzy subset π΄ of a Γsemihyperring π is a left (right) intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π if and only if for every π‘, π ∈ [0, 1], the subsets π(ππ΄ ; π‘) and πΏ(π π΄; π ) of π are left (res. right) Γ-hyperideals, when they are non-empty. ππ΄ (π₯) ≤ inf {ππ΄ (π§)} , Proof. Assume that π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) is a left intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Let π₯, π¦ ∈ π(ππ΄; π‘). Since inf π§∈π₯+π¦ ππ΄ (π§) ≥ min{ππ΄ (π₯), ππ΄ (π¦)} ≥ π‘, then we have π₯ + π¦ ⊆ π(ππ΄ ; π‘). Let π₯ ∈ π and π¦ ∈ π(ππ΄ ; π‘). We have inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ ππ΄ (π§) ≥ ππ΄ (π¦) ≥ π‘. Therefore, π§ ∈ π(ππ΄ ; π‘) and so π₯πΎπ¦ ⊆ π(ππ΄ ; π‘). Now, let π₯, π¦ ∈ πΏ(π π΄; π ). Since π π΄(π₯) ≤ π and π π΄(π¦) ≤ π , we have supπ§∈π₯+π¦ {π π΄(π§)} ≤ max{π π΄(π₯), π π΄(π¦)} ≤ π . Then, π§ ∈ πΏ(π π΄; π ), and so π₯ + π¦ ⊆ πΏ(π π΄ ; π ). Now, for all π₯ ∈ π, π¦ ∈ πΏ(π π΄; π ) and πΎ ∈ Γ we have supπ§∈π₯πΎπ¦ {π π΄(π§)} ≤ π π΄(π¦) ≤ π . Therefore, π§ ∈ πΏ(π π΄; π ) and so π₯πΎπ¦ ⊆ πΏ(π π΄; π ). Conversely, suppose that all non-empty level sets π(ππ΄ ; π‘) and πΏ(π π΄; π ) are left Γ-hyperideals. Let π₯, π¦ ∈ π and πΎ ∈ Γ. Let π‘0 = ππ΄ (π₯), π‘1 = ππ΄ (π¦) and π 0 = π π΄(π₯), π 1 = π π΄(π¦) with π‘0 ≤ π‘1 , π 0 ≤ π 1 , then π₯, π¦ ∈ π(ππ΄ ; π‘0 ) and π₯, π¦ ∈ πΏ(π π΄; π 1 ). Since π₯ + π¦ ⊆ π (ππ΄ ; π‘0 ) , π₯ + π¦ ⊆ πΏ (π π΄; π 1 ) , π§∈π₯+π¦ π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ for all π₯, π¦, π§ ∈ π and πΎ ∈ Γ. Moreover, sup {ππ΄π (π§)} = sup {1 − ππ΄ (π§)} π§∈π₯+π¦ = 1 − inf ππ΄ (π§) π§∈π₯+π¦ ≤ max {1 − ππ΄ (π₯) , 1 − ππ΄ (π¦)} = max {ππ΄π (π₯) , ππ΄π (π¦)} , sup {ππ΄π (π§)} = sup {1 − ππ΄ (π§)} π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ ≤ max {1 − ππ΄ (π₯) , 1 − ππ΄ (π¦)} = max {ππ΄π (π₯) , ππ΄π (π¦)} . Theorem 19. If π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) is a left intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal of π, then we have, ππ΄ (π₯) = sup {π‘ ∈ [0, 1] | π₯ ∈ π (ππ΄ ; π‘)} , Since π(ππ΄; π‘) and πΏ(π π΄; π‘) are left Γ-hyperideals, and we have π§ ∈ π₯πΎπ¦ ⊆ π(ππ΄; π‘) and π§ ∈ π₯πΎπ¦ ⊆ π(π π΄; π ), we have ππ΄ (π§) ≥ π‘0 and π π΄(π§) ≤ π 1 . And so inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ ππ΄ (π§) ≥ ππ΄ (π¦) and supπ§∈π₯πΎπ¦ π π΄(π§) ≤ π π΄(π¦). Hence, π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) is a left intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Corollary 17. Let πΌ be a left (res. right) Γ-hyperideal of a Γsemihyperring π. We define fuzzy sets ππ΄ and π π΄ as follows: π0 π1 if π₯ ∈ πΌ, if π₯ ∈ π − πΌ, ππ΄ = { π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ = 1 − inf ππ΄ (π§) π§∈π₯+π¦ if π₯ ∈ πΌ, if π₯ ∈ π − πΌ, (32) (29) π§∈π₯+π¦ π0 π1 π§∈π₯+π¦ (28) π‘0 = min {ππ΄ (π₯) , ππ΄ (π¦)} ≤ inf {ππ΄ (π§)} , ππ΄ = { (31) This shows that β»π΄ is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. For the other part one can use the similar way. Note that if we have a fuzzy Γ-hyperideal π΄, then β»π΄ = π΄ = ⬦π΄. While for a proper intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal π΄, we have β»π΄ ⊂ π΄ ⊂ ⬦π΄ and β»π΄ =ΜΈ π΄ =ΜΈ ⬦π΄. we have π 1 = max {π π΄ (π₯) , π π΄ (π¦)} ≥ sup {π π΄ (π§)} . min {ππ΄ (π₯) , ππ΄ (π¦)} ≤ inf {ππ΄ (π§)} , π π΄ (π₯) = inf {π ∈ [0, 1] | π₯ ∈ πΏ (π π΄ ; π )} , for all π₯ ∈ π. Proof. The proof is straightforward. Let π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄ ) and π΅ = (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) be two intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideals of π. Then, the product of π΄ and π΅ denoted by π΄Γπ΅ is defined as follows: (ππ΄ , π π΄ ) Γ (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) (π§) = (π‘1 , π‘2 ) , (30) where 0 ≤ π1 < π0 , 0 ≤ π0 < π1 and ππ + ππ ≤ 1 for π = 0, 1. Then, π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) is a left intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π and π(π; π0 ) = πΌ = πΏ(π; π0 ). Now, we give the following theorem about the intuitionistic fuzzy sets β»π΄ and ⬦π΄. Theorem 18. If π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γhyperideal of π, then so are β»π΄ and ⬦π΄. (33) (34) where { sup {min (π1 (π₯) , π1 (π¦)) | π₯, π¦ ∈ π, πΎ ∈ Γ} , π‘1 = {π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ otherwise, {0 { inf {max (π2 (π₯) , π2 (π¦)) | π₯, π¦ ∈ π, πΎ ∈ Γ} , π‘2 = {π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ 0 otherwise. { (35) Let ππΌ be the characteristic function of a left (res. right) Γ-hyperideal πΌ of π. Then, πΌ = (ππΌ , ππΌ πΆ) is a left (res. right) intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Abstract and Applied Analysis 7 Theorem 20. If π is a Γ-semihyperring and π΄ is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π, then πΓπ΄ ⊆ π΄, where π = (ππ , πππ ) and ππ is the characteristic function of π. Proof. The proof is straightforward. π (ππ΄ ) (π¦) Proposition 21. Let π be a Γ-semihyperring, and let π΄ be an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Then, (1) if π€ is a fixed element of π, then the set ππ΄ π€ = {π₯ ∈ π | π(π₯) ≥ π(π€)} and π π΄π€ = {π₯ ∈ π | π(π₯) ≤ π(π€)} are Γ-hyperideals of π, (2) the sets π = {π₯ ∈ π | ππ΄ (π₯) = 0} and πΏ = {π₯ ∈ π | π π΄(π₯) = 0} are Γ-hyperideals of π. Proof. (1) Suppose that π₯, π¦ ∈ ππ΄ π€ . Then, we have inf π (π§) π§∈π₯+π¦ π΄ ≥ min {ππ΄ (π₯) , ππ΄ (π¦)} ≥ π (π€) , (2) the image of π΄ under π, denoted by π(π΄), is the intuitionistic fuzzy set in π defined by π(π΄) = (π(ππ΄ ), π∗ (π π΄)), where for each π¦ ∈ π ππ΄ (π₯) if π−1 (π¦) =ΜΈ 0, { sup −1 = {π₯∈π (π¦) otherwise, {0 π∗ (π π΄) (π¦) { inf π π΄ (π₯) = {π₯∈π−1 (π¦) {1 (36) Definition 22. Let π be a Γ-semihypering, and let π be a Γsemihyperring. If there exists a map π : π → π and a bijection π : Γ → Γ, such that 4. Artinian and Noetherian Γ-Semihypergroups (37) Definition 23. Let π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) and π΅ = (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) be two nonempty intuitionistic fuzzy subsets of π and π, respectively, and let π : π → π be a map. Then, (2) if π΅ = (ππ΅ , π π΅ ) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π, then π−1 (π΅) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Definition 25. Let π be a Γ-semihypering. Then, π is called Noetherian (Artinian resp.) if π satisfies the ascending (descending) chain condition on Γ-hyperideals. That is, for any Γ-hyperideals of π, such that πΌ1 ⊆ πΌ2 ⊆ πΌ3 ⊆ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⊆ πΌπ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (πΌ1 ⊇ πΌ2 ⊇ πΌ3 ⊇ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⊇ πΌπ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅) , (41) there exists π ∈ N, such that πΌπ = πΌπ+1 , for all π ≥ π. Proposition 26 (see [28]). Let π be a Γ-semihypering. Then, the following conditions are equivalent: (1) the inverse image of π΅ under π is defined by (38) (1) π is Noetherian. (2) π satisfies the maximum condition for Γ-hyperideals. (3) Every Γ-hyperideal of π is finitely generated. where π−1 (ππ΅ ) = ππ΅ β π, (1) if π΄ = (ππ΄ , π π΄) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π, then π(π΄) is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π, In this section, we give some characterizations of Artinian and Noetherian Γ-semihyperrings. for all π₯, π¦ ∈ π and πΎ ∈ Γ, then we say (π, π) is a homomorphism from π to π. Also, if π is a bijection, then (π, π) is called an isomorphism, and π and π are isomorphic. π−1 (π΅) = (π−1 (ππ΅ ) , π−1 (π π΅ )) , otherwise. Theorem 24. Let π be a Γ-semihyperring, let π be a Γsemihyperring, and let (π, π) be a homomorphism from π to π. Then, Proof. The proof is straightforward. π (π₯πΎπ¦) = π (π₯) π (πΎ) π (π¦) , if π−1 (π¦) =ΜΈ 0, Now, the next theorem is about image and preimage of intuitionistic fuzzy sets. which implies that π§ ∈ π(ππ΄ ; π(π€)) and so π₯ + π¦ ⊆ π(ππ΄ ; π(π€)). Similarly, suppose that π₯, π¦ ∈ π π΄π€ . We have supπ§∈π₯+π¦ π π΄(π§) ≤ max{π π΄ (π₯), π π΄(π¦)} ≤ π(π€) which implies that π§ ∈ π(π π΄; π(π€)) and so π₯ + π¦ ⊆ π(π π΄; π(π€)). Assume that π₯ ∈ π, π¦ ∈ ππ΄ π€ and πΎ ∈ Γ. Then, we have inf π§∈π₯πΎπ¦ ππ΄ (π§) ≥ ππ΄ (π¦) ≥ π(π€) which implies that π§ ∈ π(ππ΄ ; π(π€)) and so π₯πΎπ¦ ⊆ π(ππ΄ ; π(π€)). Similarly, suppose that π₯ ∈ π π΄π€ , π¦ ∈ π and πΎ ∈ Γ. We have supπ§∈π₯πΎπ¦ π π΄(π§) ≤ π π΄(π₯) ≤ π(π€) which implies that π§ ∈ π(π π΄; π(π€)) and so π₯πΎπ¦ ⊆ π(π π΄; π(π€)). (2) One can easily prove the second part. π (π₯ + π¦) = π (π₯) + π (π¦) , (40) π−1 (π π΅ ) = π π΅ β π, (39) Theorem 27. If every intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of Γsemihypering has finite number of values, then π is Artinian. 8 Abstract and Applied Analysis Proof. Suppose that every intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of Γ-semihyperings has finite number of values, and π is not Artinian. So, there exists a strictly descending chain Proof. Suppose that π΄ is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π, Im(ππ΄ ) and Im(π π΄ ) are not finite. According the previous theorem, we consider the following two cases. π = πΌ0 ⊇ πΌ1 ⊇ πΌ2 ⊇ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Case 1. Suppose that π‘1 < π‘2 < π‘3 < ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ is strictly increasing sequence in Im(ππ΄ ) and π 1 > π 2 > π 3 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ is strictly decreasing sequence in Im(π π΄). Now, we obtain (42) of Γ-hyperideals of π. We define the intuitionistic fuzzy set π΄ by π { { {π + 1 ππ΄ (π₯) = { { {1 { 1 { { {π + 1 π π΄ (π₯) = { { {0 { if π₯ ∈ πΌπ − πΌπ+1 , πΏ (π π΄; π 1 ) ⊃ πΏ (π π΄; π 2 ) ⊃ πΏ (π π΄; π 3 ) ⊃ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ∞ if π₯ ∈ β πΌπ , π=0 (43) if π₯ ∈ πΌπ − πΌπ+1 , ∞ if π₯ ∈ β πΌπ . Theorem 28. Let π be a Γ-semihypering. Then the following statements are equivalent: (1) π is Noetherian. (2) The set of values of any intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π is a well-ordered subset of [0, 1]. Proof. (1) ⇒ (2) Let π΄ be an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of Γ-semihypering. Assume that the set of values of π΄ is not a well-ordered subset of [0, 1]. Then, there exits a strictly infinite decreasing sequence {π‘π }, such that ππ΄ (π₯) = π‘π and π π΄(π₯) = 1 − π‘π . Let πΌπ = {π₯ ∈ π | π(π₯) ≥ π‘π } and π½π = {π₯ ∈ π | π(π₯) ≤ 1 − π‘π }. Then, πΌ1 ⊆ πΌ2 ⊆ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ and π½1 ⊆ π½2 ⊆ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ are strictly infinite decreasing chains of Γhyperideals of π. This contradicts with our hypothesis. (2) ⇒ (1) Suppose that πΌ1 ⊆ πΌ2 ⊆ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ is a strictly infinite ascending chain Γ-hyperideals of π. Let πΌ = βπ∈N πΌπ . It is easy to see that πΌ is a Γ-hyperideal of π. Now, we define {1 π π΄ (π₯) = { π − 1 {π + 1 (45) are strictly descending and ascending chains of Γhyperideals, respectively. Since π is both Artinian and Noetherian there exists a natural number π, such that π(ππ΄ ; π‘π ) = π(ππ΄ ; π‘π+π ) and πΏ(π π΄; π π ) = πΏ(π π΄; π π+π ) for π ≥ 1. This means that π‘π = π‘π+π and π π = π π+π . This is a contradiction. π=0 It is easy to see that π΄ is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. We have contradiction because of the definition of π΄, which depends on πΌ0 ⊇ πΌ1 ⊇ πΌ2 ⊇ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ infinitely descending chain of Γ-hyperideals of π. {0 ππ΄ (π₯) = { 1 {π π (ππ΄ ; π‘1 ) ⊃ π (ππ΄ ; π‘2 ) ⊃ π (ππ΄ ; π‘3 ) ⊃ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ , if π₯ ∉ πΌ, where π = min {π ∈ N | π₯ ∈ πΌπ } , if π₯ ∉ πΌ, (44) where π = max {π ∈ N | π₯ ∈ πΌπ } . Clearly, π΄ is an intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π. Since the chain is not finite, π΄ has strictly infinite ascending sequence of values. This contradicts that the set of the values of fuzzy Γ-hyperideal is not well ordered. Theorem 29. If a Γ-semihyperring π both Artinian and Noetherian, then every intuitionistic fuzzy Γ-hyperideal of π is finite valued. Case 2. Assume that π‘1 > π‘2 > π‘3 > ⋅ ⋅ ⋅, π 1 < π 2 < π 3 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ are strictly decreasing and increasing sequence in Im(ππ΄ ) and Im(π π΄), respectively. From these equalities we conclude that π (ππ΄ ; π‘1 ) ⊂ π (ππ΄ ; π‘2 ) ⊂ π (ππ΄ ; π‘3 ) ⊂ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ , πΏ (π π΄; π 1 ) ⊂ πΏ (π π΄; π 2 ) ⊂ πΏ (π π΄; π 3 ) ⊂ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ (46) are strictly ascending and descending chains of Γ-hyperideals, respectively. Because of the hypothesis there exists a natural number π, such that π(ππ΄ ; π‘π ) = π(ππ΄ ; π‘π+π ) and πΏ(π π΄; π π ) = πΏ(π π΄ ; π π+π ) for π ≥ 1. This implies that π‘π = π‘π+π and π π = π π+π which is a contradiction. Acknowledgments This research is supported by TUBITAK-BIDEB. 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