Classifying fuzzy (normal) subgroups of the group D2p×ℤq and finite groups of order n ≤ 20

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ardekani, Leili Kamali^{a; *} | Davvaz, Bijan^b

Affiliations: [a] Faculty of Engineering, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran | [b] Department of Mathematics, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Leili Kamali Ardekani, Faculty of Engineering, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran. Tel.: +983532240921; Fax: +983532248384; E-mail: l.kamali@ardakan.ac.ir.

Abstract: One of the problems in fuzzy group theory is concerned with classifying the fuzzy (normal) subgroups of a finite group. In this paper, we classify the fuzzy (normal) subgroups of D2p×ℤq (p, q primes) and all finite groups of order n ≤ 20, by using the natural equivalence relation. In this case, the corresponding equivalence classes of fuzzy (normal) subgroups of a group G are closely connected to the chains of (normal) subgroups in G. In fact, for determining the number of these classes, we calculate the number of all chains of (normal) subgroups of G that terminate in G.

Keywords: Fuzzy subgroup, chain of subgroups, level subgroups, dihedral group, dicyclic group

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-17301

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 3615-3627, 2017