Endograph Metric and a Version of the Arzelà–Ascoli Theorem for Fuzzy Sets

Abstract

In this paper, we provide several Arzelà–Ascoli-type results on the space of all continuous functions from a Tychonoff space X into the fuzzy sets of Rn, (FUSCB(Rn),Hend), which are upper semi-continuous and have bounded support endowed with the endograph metric. Namely, we obtain positive results when X is considered to be a kr-space and C(X,(FUSCB(Rn),Hend)) is endowed with the compact open topology, as well as when we assume that X is pseudocompact and C(X,(FUSCB(Rn),Hend)) is equipped with the uniform topology.

Keywords

• Arzelà–Ascoli theorem
• compactness
• fuzzy sets
• endograph metric