Some Characterizations of Upper and Lower M-Asymmetric Preirresolute Multifunctions

Abstract

In this present paper, we introduce and investigate a new form of mappings namely; upper and lower M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunctions defined between M-structural asymmetric topological spaces. The relationships between the multifunctions in our sense and other types of precountinuous and preirresolute multifunctions defined on both symmetric and asymmetric topological structures are discussed.

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Matindih, L. , Mpelele, E. , Hambulo, J. and Manyika, D. (2023) Some Characterizations of Upper and Lower M-Asymmetric Preirresolute Multifunctions. Advances in Pure Mathematics, 13, 267-283. doi: 10.4236/apm.2023.135019.

1. Introduction

The notion of continuity and multifunctions, the basic concepts in the theory of classical point set topology that plays a vital role not only in the realm of functional analysis but also in other branches of applied science, such as; engineering, control theory, mathematical economics, and fuzzy topology has received considerable attention by many scholars. In this regard, there have been various generalizations of the notion of continuity for functions and multifunctions both in topological and bitopological spaces using the weaker forms of sets such as semiopen, preopen, α-open, β-open, γ-open, ω-open and δ-open sets.

In the realm of topological spaces, the concept of semiopen sets and semicontinuous functions was first introduced by Levine [1] and the concept was then extended by Maheshwari and Prasad [2] to the realm of bitopological spaces. Further, Bose [3] investigated several properties of semi-open sets and semi-continuity in bitopological spaces. On the other hand, Berge [4] introduced and investigated the notion of upper and lower continuous multifunctions and lately, this notion was generalized to the settings of bitopological spaces by Popa [5] , in which he studied how the conserving properties of connectedness, compactness and paracompactness are preserved by multifunctions between bitopological spaces. Noiri and Popa [6] in 2000, then introduced and studied the concept of upper and lower M-continuous multifunctions as an extension of upper (lower) continuous multifunction and M-continuous function deal to Berge [4] and, Popa and Noiri [7] respectively. They observed that, upper (lower) continuity of multifunctions has properties similar to those of upper (lower) continuous functions and continuous multifunctions on topological spaces. Recently, Matindih and Moyo [8] have generalized [6] ideas and studied M-asymmetric semicontinuous multifunctions and showed that, these kinds of mappings have properties similar to those of upper (lower) continuous functions and M-continuous multifunctions between topological spaces, with the difference that, the semiopen sets in use are asymmetric.

Mashhour et al. [9] in 1982, introduced and investigated a new form of open sets and continuity called preopen sets and precontinuous functions in the realm of topological spaces. They showed that, general openness and continuity implies preopeness and precontinuity and the reverse does not generally hold. This concept of preopen sets and precontinuity was then generalized to the setting of bitopological spaces by Jelić [10] and Khedr et al. [11] respectively. And, as an extension to the results in [9] , Min and Kim [12] have recently introduced and investigated some basic properties of m-preopen sets and M-precontinuity on spaces with minimal structures. On the other hand, Boonpok et al. [13] have gone further to extend the results by studying a new form of mapping namely; ( T 1 , T 2 ) -precontinuous multifunctions in bitopological spaces and obtained several characterizations.

Irresolute functions and their fundamental properties on the other hand, were first introduced and investigated by Crossley and Hildebrand [14] in 1972. They observed that, irresolute functions are generally not continuous and neither are continuous functions necessarily irresolute. Ewert and Lipski [15] , on the other hand, extended this concept to upper and lower irresolute multivalued mappings, followed by Popa [16] who investigated some characteristics of upper and lower irresolute multifunctions in topological spaces and, extended the results to study upper and lower preirresolute multifunctions in [17] . However, Matindih et al. [18] have recently generalized the results deal to Popa [16] , and investigated a new form of mappings the upper and lower M-asymmetric irresolute multifunctions in bitopologgical spaces. They have shown that, upper and lower M-asymmetric irresolute multifunctions have properties similar to those of upper and lower irresolute multifunctions defined between topological spaces. Furthermore, they showed that, such mappings are respectively upper and lower M-asymmetric semicontinuous, but, the converse is not necessarily true.

In this paper, we generalize the idea deal to Popa and et al. [17] to introduce and investigate a new form of mappings namely; upper and lower M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunctions defined on bitopological spaces satisfying certain minimal conditions. Furthermore, the relationships between these multifunctions and other types of irresolute multifunctions will be discussed.

The organization of this paper is as follows. Section 2 presents necessary preliminaries concerning preopen sets, m-preopen sets and precontinuous and preirresulute multifunctions. In Section 3, we generalize the notions of upper and lower M-asymmetric irresolute multifunctions deal to Matindih et al. [18] and, upper and lower M-preirresolute multifunctions deal to Papa et al. [17] to minimal bitopological structured spaces. Section 4 outlines the concluding remarks.

2. Preliminaries and Basic Properties

We present in this section some important properties and notations to be used in this paper. For more details, we refer the reader to [2] [3] [8] [9] [10] [11] [16] [17] [19] [20] [21] .

By a bitopological space ( X , T 1 , T 2 ) , in the sense of Kelly ( [20] ), we imply a nonempty set X on which are defined two topologies T 1 and T 2 and the left and right topologies respectively.

In sequel, ( X , T 1 , T 2 ) or in shorthand X will denote a bitopological space unless where clearly stated. For a bitopological space ( X , T i , T j ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j , the interior and closure of a subset E of X with respect to the topology T i = T j shall be denote by I n t T i ( E ) and C l T i ( E ) respectively.

Definition 2.1. Let ( X , T i , T j ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be a bitopological space and E be any subset of X.

1) E is said to be T i T j -open if E T i T j ; i.e., E = E i E j where E i T i and E j T j . The complement of an T i T j -open set is a T i T j -closed set.

2) The T i T j -interior of E denoted by I n t T i ( I n t T j ( E ) ) (or T i T j - I n t ( E ) ) is the union of all T i T j -open subsets of X contained in A. Evidently, provided E = I n t T i ( I n t T j ( E ) ) , then E is T i T j -open.

3) The T i T j -closure of E denoted by C l T i ( C l T j ( E ) ) is defined to be the intersection of all T i T j -closed subsets of X containing A. Note that asymmetrically, C l T i ( C l T j ( E ) ) C l T i ( E ) and C l T i ( C l T j ( E ) ) C l T j ( E ) .

Definition 2.2. Let ( X , T i , T j ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be a bitopological space and, E and D be any subsets of X.

1) A is said to be T i T j -preopen in X if there exists a T i -open set O such that E U C l T j ( E ) , equivalently E I n t T i ( C l T j ( E ) ) . It’s complement is said to be T i T j -preclosed. A subset E is T i T j -preclosed if C l T i ( I n t T j ( E ) ) E .

2) The T i T j -preinterior of E denoted by T i T j - p I n t ( E ) is defined to be the union of T i T j -propen subsets of X contained in E. The T i T j -preclosure of E denoted by T i T j - p C l ( E ) , is the intersection of all T i T j -preclosed sets of X containing E.

3) D is said to be a T i T j -pre-neighbourhood of x X if there is some T i T j -preopen subset O of X such that x O D .

The family of all T i T j -preopen and T i T j -preclosed subsets of X are will be denote by T i T j p O ( X ) and T i T j p C ( X ) respectively.

Definition 2.3. [6] [19] A subfamily mX of a power set P ( X ) of a set X is said to be a minimal structure (briefly m-structure) on X if both and X lies in mX. The pair ( X , m X ) is called an m-space and the members of ( X , m X ) is said to be mX-open.

Definition 2.4. Let ( X , T i , T j ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be a bitopological space and mX a minimal structure on X generated with respect to mi and mj. An ordered pair ( ( X , T i , T j ) , m X ) is called a minimal bitopological space.

Since the minimal structure mX is determined by the left and right minimal structures mi and mj, i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j , we shall denote it by m i j ( X ) (or simply m i j ( X ) in the sense of Matindih and Moyo [8] , and call the pair ( X , m i j ) ) a minimal bitopological space unless explicitly defined.

Definition 2.5. A minimal structure m i j ( X ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j , on on X is said to have property ( B ) of Maki [19] if the union of any collection of m i j ( X ) -open subsets of X belongs to m i j ( X ) .

Definition 2.6. Let ( X , m i j ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be a bitopological space having minimal condition. The , E a subset of X is said to be:

1) m i j ( X ) -preopen if there exists an mi-open set O such that E O C l m j ( E ) or equivalently, E I n t m i ( C l m j ( E ) ) .

2) m i j ( X ) -preclosed if there exists an mi-open set O such that C l m j ( O ) E whenever E O , that is, C l m i ( I n t m j ( E ) ) E .

We shall denote the collection of all mij-preopen and mij-preclosed sets in ( X , m i j ( X ) ) by m i j p O ( X ) and m i j p C ( X ) respectively.

Remark 2.7. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be a bitopological space having a minimal condition.

1) If m i = T i and m j = T j , the any m i j ( X ) -preopen set is T i T j -preopen.

2) Every m i j ( X ) -open set is m i j ( X ) -preopen, however, the converse is not necessarily true.

It should be understood that, mij-open sets and the mij-preopen sets are not stable for the union. However, for certain mij-structures, the class of mij-preopen sets are stable under union of sets, as in the Lemma below.

Lemma 2.8. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space and { E γ : γ Γ } be a family of subsets of X. Then, the properties below hold:

1) γ Γ E γ m i j p O ( X ) provided for all γ Γ , E γ m i j p O ( X ) .

2) γ Γ E γ m i j p C ( X ) provided for all γ Γ , E γ m i j p C ( X ) .

Remark 2.9. It should generally be noted that, the intersection of any two mij-preopen sets may not be mij-preopen in a minimal bitopological space ( X , m i j ( X ) ) .

Definition 2.10. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space. A subset:

1) N of X is an mij-preneighborhood of a point x of X if there exists an mij-preopen subset O of X such that x O N .

2) U of X is an mij-preneighborhood of a subset E of X if there exists an mij-preopen subset O of X such that A O N .

Definition 2.11. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space and E a non-empty subset of X. Then, we denoted and defined the mij-preinterior and mij-preclosure of E respectively by:

1) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) = { U : U A and U m i j p O ( X ) } ,

2) m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) = { F : E F and X \ F m i j p O ( X ) } .

Remark 2.12. For any bitopological spaces ( X , T 1 , T 2 ) :

1) T i T j p O ( X ) is a minimal structure of X.

2) In the following, we denote by mij a minimal structure on X as a generalization of T i and T j . For a nonempty subset A of X, if m i j ( X ) = T i T j p O ( X ) , then by Definition 2.11:

a) m i j I n t ( E ) = T i T j p I n t ( E ) ,

b) m i j C l ( E ) = T i T j p C l ( E ) .

Lemma 2.13. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space and A and B be subsets of X. The following properties of mij-preinterior and mij-preclosure holds:

1) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) A and m i j p C l ( E ) E .

2) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) m i j p I n t ( B ) and m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) m i j p C ( B ) provided E B .

3) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( ) = , m i j ( X ) p I n t ( X ) = X , m i j ( X ) p C l ( ) = and m i j ( X ) p C l ( X ) = X .

4) A = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) provided A m i j p O ( X ) .

5) A = m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) provided X \ E m i j p O ( X ) .

6) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) .

And m i j ( X ) p C l ( m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) ) = m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) .

Lemma 2.14. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space and E a nonempty subset of X. For each U m i j p O ( X ) containing x o , U E if and only if x o m i j p C l ( E ) .

Lemma 2.15. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space and E be a nonempty subset of X. The properties below holds:

1) m i j ( X ) p C l ( X \ E ) = X \ ( m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) ) ,

2) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( X \ E ) = X \ ( m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) ) .

Lemma 2.16. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space and E be a nonempty subset of X. The properties below are true:

1) m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) = C l m i ( I n t m j ( E ) ) E .

2) m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) = C l m i ( I n t m j ( E ) ) provided E m i j O ( X ) . The converse to this assertion is not necessarily true.

Remark 2.17. For a bitopological space ( X , T i , T j ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j the families T i T j O ( X ) and m i j p O ( X ) are all mij-structures of X satisfying property B .

Lemma 2.18. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space satisfying property B and E and F be subsets of X. Then, the properties below holds:

1) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) = E provided E m i j ( X ) p O ( X ) .

2) X \ F m i j ( X ) p O ( X ) provided m i j ( X ) p C l ( F ) = F .

Lemma 2.19. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space satisfying property B and A be any nonempty subset of X. Then, the properties below holds:

1) E = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) if and only if A is an m i j ( X ) -preopen set.

2) E = m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) if and only if X \ E is an m i j ( X ) -preopen set.

3) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) is m i j ( X ) -preopen.

4) m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) is m i j ( X ) -preclosed.

Lemma 2.20. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space satisfying satisfying the property B and let { E γ : γ Γ } be an arbitrary collection of

subsets of X. Then, γ Γ E γ m i j p O ( X ) provided E γ m i j p O ( X ) for every γ Γ .

Lemma 2.21. Let ( X , m i j ( X ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space with mij-satisfy property B and let A be a nonempty subset of X. Then:

1) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( E ) = E I n t m i ( C l m j ( E ) ) , and

2) m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) = E C l m i ( I n t m j ( E ) ) holds.

And the equality does not necessarily hold if the property B of Make is removed.

Lemma 2.22. Let ( X , m i j ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j be an mij-space and U be any subset of X. Then, the properties below holds:

1) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( U ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( m i j p I n t ( U ) ) ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( U ) ) .

2) C l m i ( I n t m j ( U ) ) C l m i ( I n t m j ( m i j ( X ) p C l ( U ) ) ) m i j ( X ) p C l ( U ) .

Definition 2.23. [6] A multifunction is a point-to-set correspondence F : X Y between two topological spaces X and Y such that for each point x of X, F ( x ) is a none-void subset of Y.

In the sense of Berge [4] , we shall denote and define the upper and lower inverse of a non-void subset G of Y with respect to a multifunction F respectively by:

F + ( G ) = { x X : F ( x ) G } and F ( G ) = { x X : F ( x ) G } .

Generally, F and F + between Y and the power set P ( X ) , F ( y ) = { x X : y F ( x ) } provided y Y . Clearly for a nonempty subset G of Y, F ( G ) = { F ( y ) : y G } and also,

F + ( G ) = X \ F ( Y \ G ) and F ( G ) = X \ F + ( Y \ G )

For any non-void subsets E and G of X and Y respectively, F ( E ) = x E F ( x ) and E F + ( F ( E ) ) and also, F ( F + ( G ) ) G .

Definition 2.24. [15] [16] A multifunction F : ( X , T ) ( Y , Q ) , between topological spaces X and Y is said to be:

1) Upper irresolute at a point x o of X provided for any semiopen subset G of Y such that F ( x o ) G , there exists a semiopen subset O of X with x o O such that F ( O ) G (or O F + ( G ) ).

2) Lower irresolute at a point x o of X provided for any semiopen subset G of Y such that F ( x o ) G , there exists a semiopen subset O of X with x o O such that F ( x ) G for all x O (or O F ( G ) ).

3) Upper (resp lower) irresolute provided it is upper (resp lower) irresolute at all points x o of X.

Definition 2.25. [17] A multifunction F : ( X , T ) ( Y , Q ) , between topological spaces X and Y is said to be:

1) Upper preirresolute at a point x o of X if for any preopen subset G of Y such that F ( x o ) G , there exists a preopen subset O of X with x o O such that F ( O ) G (or O F + ( G ) ).

2) Lower preirresolute at a point x o of X provided for any preopen subset G of Y such that F ( x o ) G , there exists a preopen subset O of X with x o O such that F ( x ) G for all x O (or O F ( G ) ).

3) Upper (resp lower) preirresolute provided it is upper (resp lower) preirresolute at all points x o of X.

3. Upper and Lower M-Asymmetric Preirresolute Multifunctions

In this section, we introduce and investigate a new form of multifunctions with the property that the inverse of an M-asymmetric preopen set is an M-asymmetric preopen set.

Definition 3.1. A multifunction F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j between bitopological spaces satisfying certain minimal conditions, shall be called:

1) Upper M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o X provided for any m i j ( Y ) -preopen subset G such that F ( x o ) G , there exists an m i j ( X ) -preopen set O with x o O such that F ( O ) G whence O F + ( G ) .

2) Lower M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o X provided for any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G such that G F ( x o ) , there exists a m i j ( X ) -preopen set O with x o O such that F ( x ) G for all x O whence O F ( G ) .

3) Upper (resp lower) M-Asymmetric irresolute provided it is upper (resp lower) M-Asymmetric irresolute at each and every point x o of X.

Remark 3.2. It should be understood that, upper M-asymmetric preirresolute and lower M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunctions are independent of each other.

We begin by investigating some characterizations for upper M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunctions.

Theorem 3.3. A multifunction F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j with Y satisfies property B , is upper M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o in X if and only if x o I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) for every m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G with F ( x o ) G .

Proof. Suppose F is upper M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o in X. Let G be any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set such that F ( x o ) G . Then, there is some m i j ( X ) -preopen set O with x o O such that F ( O ) G and, giving I n t m i ( I n t m j ( G ) ) G F ( O ) . Since Y satisfies property B and O = m i j p I n t ( O ) by Lemma 2.18 (1), then we have from Lemma 2.19 (3) that

I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( O ) ) m i j p I n t ( O ) = O x o

Conversely, assume for any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G such that F ( x o ) G , x o I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) . Then, by Lemma 2.14, we can find some m i j ( X ) -preopen neighborhood O of x o such that O F + ( G ) . Since G is m i j ( Y ) -preopen, we then have, I n t m i ( C l m j ( G ) ) G F ( O ) and so, F is an upper M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o in X.

Theorem 3.4. A Multifunction F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j having Y satisfying property B is upper M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o in X if and only if for any m i j ( X ) -preopen neighbourhood O of x o and any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G, with F ( x o ) G , there is some m i j ( X ) -open set O G such that O G O and F ( O G ) G .

Proof. Suppose that, { O x o } is a family of m i j ( X ) -preopen neighbourhoods of a point x o . Then, for any m i j ( X ) -preopen set O with x o O and any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G such that F ( x o ) G , there exists an m i j ( X ) -open

subset O G of O such that F ( O G ) G . Put U = O { O x o } O G , then U is mij-open,

x o C l m i ( C l m j ( U ) ) by Theorem 3.3 and F ( U ) G . Put W = { x o } U , then U W C l m i ( C l m j ( U ) ) . As a result, U is m i j ( X ) -preopen, x o W , W is m i j ( X ) -preopen and F ( W ) G whence, W F + ( G ) . Consequently, at the point x o in X, the multifunctions F upper M-asymmetric preirresolute.

Conversely, suppose F is upper M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o in X. Let G be an m i j ( Y ) -preopen set satisfying F ( x o ) G , then by Theorem 3.3, x o F + ( G ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) . Thus, for any m i j ( X ) -preopen neighbourhood O of x o , F ( O ) G , giving O F + ( G ) so that,

I n t m i ( I n t m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) O . But,

I n t m i ( I n t m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) F + ( G ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) and so, Lemma 2.14 implies I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) O . Put I n t m i ( I n t m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) O = O G . Then, O O G , F + ( G ) I n t m i ( I n t m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) O G whence, G F ( O G ) . Thus, O G is m i j ( X ) -open.

Remark 3.5. The preceding Theorem 3.4 generally states that, every upper M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunction is upper M-asymmetric precontinuous, however, the converse is not necessarily true, as we shall clearly illustrates in Example 3.7.

Theorem 3.6. Let F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j with Y satisfying property B be a multifunction and a point x o in X. Then, the properties are equivalent:

1) F is upper M-asymmetric preirresolute;

2) The set F + ( G ) is m i j ( X ) -preopen for any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G;

3) The set F ( K ) is m i j ( X ) -preclosed, for any m i j ( Y ) -preclosed set K;

4) The set inclusion F ( m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) ) m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( E ) ) is true for any subset E of X;

5) The set inclusion F ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) ) m i j ( X ) p C l ( F ( V ) ) holds true given any subset V of Y;

6) The results F + ( m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( R ) ) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F + ( R ) ) holds, for any subset R of Y.

Proof. (1) (2): Assume (1) holds. Let x o be some point in X and G be a m i j ( Y ) -preopen set such that G F ( x o ) , whence x o F + ( G ) . By hypothesis, there exists m i j ( X ) -preopen set O with x o O such that F ( O ) G , whence O F + ( G ) . Thus, Theorem 3.3 implies x o I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) and as a consequence,

F + ( G ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F + ( G ) ) .

Therefore, F + ( G ) is m i j ( X ) -preopen by Lemma 2.13 and 2.18.

(2) (3): If (2) holds, let K be an m i j ( Y ) -preclosed set. Then F + ( Y \ K ) = X \ F ( K ) and F ( Y \ K ) = X \ F + ( K ) since Y \ K is m i j ( Y ) -preopen. By Lemma 2.15 and Lemma 2.18, we have,

X \ F ( K ) = F + ( Y \ K ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F + ( Y \ K ) ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( X \ F ( K ) ) = X \ m i j ( X ) p C l ( F ( K ) )

As a consequence, F ( K ) = m i j ( X ) p C l ( F ( K ) ) and so, F ( K ) is m i j ( X ) -preclosed.

(3) (4): Suppose (3) holds. Then by the closure law, we have any subset E of X that,

m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) = { N : E N and X \ N m i j p O ( X ) } = { F ( K ) : E F ( K ) and X \ F ( K ) m i j p O ( X ) } = { F ( K ) : E F ( K ) and F + ( Y \ K ) m i j p O ( X ) } F ( { K : F ( E ) K and Y \ K m i j p O ( Y ) } ) = F ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( E ) ) ) .

Hence, F ( m i j ( X ) p C l ( E ) ) m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( E ) ) .

(4) (5): Suppose (4) holds. Since m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) m i j p C ( Y ) , for any subset V of Y, the closure definition of sets implies;

F ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) ) = F ( { K : V K and Y \ K m i j p O ( Y ) } ) { F ( K ) : F ( V ) F ( K ) and X \ F ( K ) m i j p O ( X ) } = { R : F ( V ) R and X \ R m i j p O ( X ) } = m i j ( X ) p C l ( F ( V ) ) .

And the implication follows.

(5) (6): Assume (5) holds. Since Y \ m i j ( Y ) p C l ( Y \ R ) = m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( R ) for any subset R of Y, Lemma 2.13 and 2.15 gives

X \ F + ( m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( R ) ) = F ( Y \ m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( R ) ) = F ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( Y \ R ) ) m i j ( X ) p C l ( F ( Y \ R ) ) = m i j ( X ) p C l ( X \ F + ( R ) ) = X \ m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F + ( R ) )

Consequently, the implication follows.

(6) (1): Let G be any m i j ( Y ) -preopen neighborhood of F ( x o ) for some point x o in X. If (6) holds, then (2) implies F + ( G ) is an m i j ( X ) -preopen neighborhood of x o . Put F + ( G ) = O , then F ( O ) G . Consequently, F is upper M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o .

Example 3.7. Define the asymmetric minimal structures on X = { a , b , c , d } by m 1 ( X ) = { , X , { a } , { c } , { a , d } , { b , c , d } } , m 2 ( X ) = { , X , { b } , { d } , { b , d } , { a , b , d } } and on Y = { 2, 1,0,1 } by m 1 ( Y ) = { Y , , { 2 } , { 1 } , { 2,1 } , { 1,0,1 } } and m 2 ( Y ) = { , Y , { 1 } , { 2,0 } , { 2,1 } , { 2,0,1 } } . Let the multifunctions F , F * : ( X , m i j ) ( Y , m i j ) be defined by:

F ( a ) = { 1 } , F ( b ) = { 2 , 1 } , F ( d ) = { 0 , 1 }

and

F * ( a ) = { 1 } , F * ( c ) = { 2 , 1 } , F * ( d ) = { 0 , 1 } .

Then, F is upper M-asymmetric preirresolute and so upper M-asymmetric precontinuous, but, even thought F' is upper M-asymmetric precontinuous it is not upper M-asymmetric preirresolute.

Theorem 3.8. For an upper M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunction F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j , at a point x o in X with Y satisfy property B , the following properties hold:

1) The set F + ( R ) is an m i j ( X ) -preneighbourhood of x o for any arbitrary m i j ( Y ) -preneighbourhood R of F ( x o ) .

2) There is some m i j ( X ) -preneighbourhood T of x o such that F ( T ) R for any m i j ( Y ) -preneighbourhood R of F ( x o ) .

Proof.

1) Let R be an m i j ( Y ) -preneighbourhood of F ( x o ) , with x o being a point in X. There exits an m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G such that F ( x o ) G R . Since F is upper irresolute, x o F + ( G ) F + ( R ) . Consequently, F + ( R ) is an m i j ( X ) -preneighbourhood of x o as F + ( G ) m i j p O ( X ) .

2) Let R be any m i j ( Y ) -preneighbourhood of F ( x o ) with x o being a point in X. Set T = F + ( R ) , then from (i), T is an m i j ( X ) -preneighbourhood of x o and by the hypothesis, F ( T ) R .

We next investigate some properties for lower M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunctions.

Theorem 3.9. A multifunction F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j with Y satisfies property B , is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o in X if and only if x o I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) for every m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G for which G F ( x o ) .

Proof. Suppose that F ( x o ) G for an m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G. By assumption, Lemma 2.14 and 2.16, x o I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) . By Definition 3.1, we can find some m i j ( X ) -preopen neighborhood O of x o such that for each x O , F ( x ) G and, F ( G ) O . Since G m i j p O ( Y ) then, F ( G ) m i j p O ( X ) and so, we infer that, the multifunction F is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o in X.

On the other hand, suppose the multifunction F is a lower M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o in X. Then by the hypothesis, there exists an m i j ( X ) -preopen neighborhood O of x o such that for any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G with F ( x o ) G , F ( x ) G for x in O whence, x O F ( G ) . Since O m i j p O ( X ) , we consequently have by Lemma 2.18 and 2.19 that x O = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( O ) = I n t m i ( C l m j ( O ) ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) .

Theorem 3.10. A multifunction F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j having Y satisfy property B is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute at a point x o of X if and only if for any m i j ( X ) -preopen neighbourhood O of a point x o and any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G with G F ( x o ) , there is some m i j ( X ) -open set O G such that O G O and for any other point x O G , F ( x ) G .

Proof. Let T = { O x o } be a family of m i j ( X ) -preopen neighbourhoods of a point x o in X. Then, for any O T with x o O and m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G satisfying F ( x o ) G , we can find an m i j ( X ) -open set O G such that

O G O and for each x O G , F ( x ) G . Put U = O T O G , then U is

m i j ( X ) -open, by Theorem 3.9 x o C l m i ( C l m j ( U ) ) and for each x U , F ( x ) G . Let Z = U { x o } , then U Z C l m i ( C l m j ( U ) ) . Henceforth, U m i j p O ( X ) , x o Z and for all x Z , F ( x ) G , whence Z F ( G ) . Consequently, the multifunction F is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute a x o in X.

Suppose the multifunction F is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute at x o in X. Let O be an m i j ( X ) -preopen neighbourhood of x o and G m i j p O ( Y ) be such that F ( x o ) G . Then, x o F ( G ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) by Theorem 3.9. Since, O F ( G ) , O I n t m i ( I n t m j ( F ( G ) ) ) . But then,

I n t m i ( I n t m j ( F ( G ) ) ) I n t m j ( C l m i ( F ( G ) ) ) , and so,

O I n t m i ( C l m j ( F + ( G ) ) ) . Put O G = O I n t m i ( I n t m j ( F ( G ) ) ) , then

O G O , O G and F ( x ) G for every point x O G . As a result, O G is an m i j ( X ) -open set.

Theorem 3.11. For a multifunction F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j , with Y satisfying property B , the following properties are equivalent:

1) F is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute;

2) The set F ( G ) is m i j ( X ) -preopen for every m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G;

3) The set F + ( K ) is m i j ( X ) -preclosed for any m i j ( Y ) -preclosed set K;

4) For any subset V of Y, the inclusion F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) ) m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( V ) ) holds;

5) The set inclusion F ( m i j ( X ) p C l ( U ) ) m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) ) holds for any subset U of X;

6) Given any subset W of Y, F ( m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( W ) ) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F ( W ) ) holds true.

Proof.

(1) (2): Assume (1) holds. Let F ( x o ) G for an m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G and point x o X . Then, x o F ( G ) and by Theorem 3.9, x o I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) . Since x o F ( G ) was arbitrarily chosen, it follows that F ( G ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) as a result, F ( G ) m i j p O ( X ) by Definition 2.6 (1).

(2) (3): Supposed (2) holds. Let K be an m i j ( Y ) -preclosed set, then Y \ K is m i j ( Y ) -preopen. Applying Lemma 2.13 and Lemma 2.15 we have,

X \ F + ( K ) = F ( Y \ K ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F ( Y \ K ) ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( X \ F + ( K ) ) = X \ m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( K ) )

By Lemma 2.19, m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( K ) ) m i j ( X ) p C ( X ) , as a result F + ( K ) m i j ( X ) p C ( X ) .

(3) (4): Assume (3) holds. By Lemma 2.19, m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) m i j p C ( Y ) for any subset V of Y. By the assumption, F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) ) m i j p C ( X ) as a result,

m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( V ) ) = { F + ( K ) : F + ( V ) F + ( K ) and X \ F + ( K ) m i j p O ( X ) } F + ( { K : V K and Y \ K m i j p O ( Y ) } ) = F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) )

Consequently m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( V ) ) is a subset of F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) ) .

(4) (5): For any subset U of X, set V = F ( U ) , whence U F + ( V ) . Supposed (iv) holds, then U F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) ) ) . By Lemma 2.19, m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) ) m i j p C ( Y ) and our hypothesis, F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) ) ) m i j p C ( X ) . Hence,

F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) ) ) = F + ( { K : F ( U ) K and Y \ K m i j p O ( Y ) } ) = F + ( { K : V K and Y \ K m i j p O ( Y ) } ) { F + ( K ) : F + ( V ) F + ( K ) and X \ F + ( K ) m i j p O ( X ) } = m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( V ) ) m i j ( X ) p C l ( U ) .

Clearly, m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) ) F ( m i j ( X ) p C l ( U ) ) .

(5) (6): If (5) holds, then we have by Lemma 2.15 and from Definition 2.23 for any arbitrary subset W of Y that,

F ( m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( W ) ) = F ( Y \ m i j ( Y ) p C l ( Y \ W ) ) = X \ F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( Y \ W ) ) X \ m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( Y \ W ) ) = X \ m i j ( X ) p C l ( X \ F ( W ) ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F ( W ) ) .

And the result follows.

(6) (1): Suppose F ( x o ) G for any arbitrary m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G and point x o in X. Then, Lemma 2.19 and Lemma 2.20 implies G = m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( G ) . Assume (6) holds, then x o F ( G ) = F ( m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( G ) ) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F ( G ) ) . Thus, there exists an m i j ( X ) -preopen neighborhood O of x o such that F ( x ) G for every x O . Hence, F ( G ) m i j p O ( X ) as a results, the multifunction F is a lower mij-asymmetric preirresolute at x o in X.

Theorem 3.12. Let F : ( X , m i j ( X ) ) ( Y , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1 , 2 ; i j with Y satisfying property B be a lower M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunction at a point x o in X. Then, F ( G ) is m i j ( X ) -preopen if and only if for every m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G, there exists an m i j ( X ) -preopen set O such that x o O and F ( x ) G for all x in O.

Proof. Supposed that F ( x o ) G whence x o F ( G ) for a point x o in X and an m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G. By our hypothesis, there is some m i j ( X ) -preopen neighborhood O of x o such that for any other x O , F ( x ) G . Put

x F ( G ) O = F ( G ) , then F ( G ) m i j p O ( X ) by Lemma 2.8.

On the others hand, let us assume that F ( x o ) G , whence x o F ( G ) m i j p O ( X ) for every m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G and point x o in X. Set F ( G ) = O then, x o O . Hence, by our hypothesis F ( x ) G for any other x O , giving F ( O ) G .

As a consequence to Lemma 2.22 and Theorem 3.11, we have:

Theorem 3.13. Let F : ( ( X , T i , T j ) , m i j ( X ) ) ( ( X , Q i , Q j ) , m i j ( Y ) ) , i , j = 1,2 ; i j with ( ( X , Q i , Q j ) , m i j ( Y ) ) satisfying property B be a multifunction. Then, the statements that follows are equivalent:

1) F is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute;

2) The inclusion F ( G ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) holds for any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G;

3) The set inclusion C l m i ( I n t m j ( F + ( K ) ) ) F + ( K ) holds for any given m i j ( Y ) -preclosed set K;

4) F ( C l m i ( I n t m j ( U ) ) ) m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) ) for any given subset U of X;

5) C l m i ( I n t m j ( F + ( V ) ) ) F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) ) given a subset V of Y;

6) F ( m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( W ) ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( W ) ) ) for any given subset W of Y.

Proof.

(1) (2): Suppose (1) holds. Then, for some m i j ( X ) -preopen neighborhood O of an arbitrary point x o and for any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set G, we have by Theorem 3.11 and Lemma 2.22 that,

x o m i j ( X ) p I n t ( O ) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F ( G ) ) I n t m j ( C l m i ( m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F ( G ) ) ) ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) )

giving F ( G ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) .

(2) (3): Assume (2) holds. Then, given an m i j ( Y ) -preclosed set K , we have from Lemma 2.22 that,

X \ F + ( K ) = F ( Y \ K ) m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F ( Y \ K ) ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( X \ F + ( K ) ) = X \ m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( K ) ) = X \ C l m j ( I n t m j ( F + ( K ) ) )

As result, C l m i ( I n t m j ( F + ( K ) ) ) F + ( K ) by Theorem 3.11.

(3) (4): Let U be any given subset of X. Suppose (3) holds. Since C l m i ( I n t m j ( U ) ) F + ( F ( C l m i ( I n t m j ( U ) ) ) ) , we obtain from Theorem 3.11 that,

F ( C l m i ( I n t m j ( U ) ) ) F ( C l m i ( I n t m j ( m i j ( X ) p C l ( U ) ) ) ) F ( F ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) ) ) ) = m i j ( Y ) p C l ( F ( U ) )

And the implication follows.

(4) (5): Lets us assume (4) holds and let V be any subset of Y. Then, from Lemma 2.22,

F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( V ) ) = F + ( { K : V K and Y \ K m i j p O ( Y ) } ) { F + ( K ) : F + ( V ) F + ( K ) and X \ F + ( K ) m i j p O ( X ) }

= { H : F + ( V ) H and X \ H m i j p O ( X ) } = m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( V ) ) = C l m i ( I n t m j ( F + ( V ) ) )

Hence, the result follows.

(5) (6): Assume (5) holds, then given a subset W of Y we obtain from Lemma 2.13 and Lemma 2.22 that

I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( W ) ) ) = m i j ( X ) p I n t ( F ( W ) ) = X \ m i j ( X ) p C l ( X \ F ( W ) ) = X \ m i j ( X ) p C l ( F + ( Y \ W ) ) X \ F + ( m i j ( Y ) p C l ( Y \ W ) ) = F ( Y \ m i j ( Y ) p C l ( Y \ W ) ) = F ( m i j ( Y ) p I n t ( W ) )

Thus, the implication holds.

(6) (1): Assume (6) holds. Let G be any m i j ( Y ) -preopen set such that F ( x o ) G , whence x o F ( G ) for an arbitrary point x o in X. Then x o I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( W ) ) ) , by Theorem 3.9. Hence, F ( G ) I n t m i ( C l m j ( F ( G ) ) ) and so, F ( G ) m i j p O ( X ) . Therefore, the multifunction F is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute at x o in X.

Remark 3.14. Example 3.7 clarifies the concepts of Theorem 3.9. We note that, the multifunction F so defined is lower M-asymmetric preirresolute and so lower M-asymmetric precontinuous but, F * is a lower M-asymmetric precontinuous but not lower M-asymmetric preirresolute.

4. Conclusion

We have introduced and investigated a new form of point-to-set mappings namely; lower and upper M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunctions defined on weak form of asymmetric sets satisfying certain minimal structural conditions. Some relations between lower and upper M-asymmetric preirresolute multifunctions and, lower and upper M-asymmetric precontinuous multifunctions were established.

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge the refereed authors for their helpful work towards this paper and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions towards the improvement of the original manuscript. Further, we wish to acknowledge the financial support rendered by Mulungushi University towards the publication of this manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

Regarding the publication of this paper, the authors declare that, there is no conflict of interest.

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