Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Inequalities and Applications Volume 2008, Article ID 147827, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2008/147827 ResearchArticleOnλ-StatisticallyConvergentDoubleSequencesofFuzzy Numbers Ekrem Savas¸ Department of Mathematics, Istanbul Ticaret University, Uskudar 36472, Istanbul, Turkey Correspondence should be addressed to Ekrem Savas¸, ekremsavas@yahoo.com Received 17 July 2007; Accepted 13 December 2007 Recommended by Jewgeni H. Dshalalow We study the notion ofλ-statisticallyconvergent for double sequence offuzzy numbers and also get some inclusion relations. Copyright q 2008 Ekrem Savas¸. 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. 1. Introduction Nanda 1 studied sequence offuzzy numbers and showed that the set of all convergent se- quences offuzzy numbers form a complete metric space. Nuray 2 proved the inclusion rela- tions between the set of statistically convergent and lacunary statistically convergentsequencesoffuzzy numbers. Kwon and Shim 3 studied statistical convergence and lacunary statistical convergence ofsequencesoffuzzy numbers, and they showed that Nuray’s conditions are suf- ficient as well as necessary. Savas¸ 4 introduced and discussed doubleconvergent sequence offuzzy numbers and showed that the set of all doubleconvergentsequencesoffuzzy numbers is complete. In 5, Savas¸ generalized the statistical convergence by using de la Vallee-Poussin mean. Quite recently, Savas¸ and Mursaleen 6 introduced of statistically convergent and sta- tistically Cauchy for double sequence offuzzy numbers. In this paper, we continue to study the concepts of strongly double V, λ-summable and double S λ -convergent for double sequence offuzzy numbers. 2. Preliminaries Before continuing with the discussion, we pause to establish some notation. Let CR n A ⊂ R n : A compact and convex . The spaces CR n have a linear structure induced by the opera- tions A B {a b, a ∈ A, b ∈ B}, λA {λa, λ ∈ A} 2.1 2 Journal of Inequalities and Applications for A, B ∈ CR n ,andλ ∈ R. The Hausdorff distance between A and B of CR n is defined as δ ∞ A, Bmax sup a∈A inf b∈B a − b, sup b∈B inf a∈A a − b . 2.2 It is well known that CR n ,δ ∞ is a complete not separable metric space. A fuzzy number is a function X from R n to 0, 1 satisfying 1 X is normal, that is, there exists an x 0 ∈ R n such that Xx 0 1; 2 X is fuzzy convex, that is, for any x, y ∈ R n and 0 ≤ λ ≤ 1, Xλx 1 − λy ≥ min{Xx,Xy}; 2.3 3 X is upper semicontinuous; 4 theclosureof x ∈ R n : Xx > 0 , denoted by X 0 , is compact. These properties imply that for each 0 <α≤ 1, the α-level set X α x ∈ R n : Xx ≥ α 2.4 is a nonempty compact convex, subset of R n , as is the support X 0 .LetLR n denote the set of all fuzzy numbers. The linear structure of LR n induces addition X Y and scalar multiplication λX, λ ∈ R, in terms of α-level sets by X Y α X α Y α , λX α λ X α 2.5 for each 0 ≤ α ≤ 1. Define for each 1 ≤ q<∞, d q X, Y 1 0 δ ∞ X α ,Y α q dα 1/q 2.6 and d ∞ sup 0≤α≤1 δ ∞ X α ,Y α . Clearly, d ∞ X, Ylim q→∞ d q X, Y with d q ≤ d r if q ≤ r. More- over, d q is a complete, separable, and locally compact metric space 7. Throughout the paper, d will denote d q with 1 ≤ q ≤∞. We will need the following definitions. Definition 2.1. A double sequence X X kl offuzzy numbers is said to be convergent in the Pringsheim’s sense or P -convergent to a fuzzy number X 0 if for every ε>0, there exists N ∈N such that d X kl ,X 0 < for k, l > N, 2.7 and we denote P − lim X X 0 . The number X 0 is called the Pringsheim limit of X kl . More exactly, we say that a double sequence X kl converges to a finite number X 0 if X kl tend to X 0 as both k and l tends to ∞ independently of one another. Ekrem Savas¸ 3 Let c 2 F denote the set of all doubleconvergentsequencesoffuzzy numbers. Definition 2.2. A double sequence X X kl offuzzy numbers is bounded if there exists a positive number M such that dX kl ,X 0 <Mfor all k and l, x ∞,2 sup k,l d X kl ,X 0 < ∞. 2.8 We will denote the set of all bounded doublesequences by l 2 ∞ F. Let K ⊆N×Nbe a two-dimensional set of positive integers and let K m,n be the numbers of i, j in K such that i ≤ n and j ≤ m. Then the lower asymptotic density of K is defined as P − lim inf m,n K m,n mn δ 2 K. 2.9 In the case when the sequence K m,n /mn ∞,∞ m,n1,1 has a limit, then we say that K has a natural density and is defined as P − lim m,n K m,n mn δ 2 K. 2.10 For example, let K {i 2 ,j 2 : i, j ∈N},whereN is the set of natural numbers. Then δ 2 KP − lim m,n K m,n mn ≤ P − lim m,n √ m √ n mn 0 2.11 i.e., the set K has double natural density zero. Definition 2.3. A double sequence X X kl offuzzy numbers is said to be statistically conver- gent to X 0 provided that for each ε>0, P − lim m,n 1 nm j, k ; j ≤ m, k ≤ n : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ 0. 2.12 In this case, we write st 2 −lim k,l X k,l X 0 and w e denote the set of all double statistically convergentsequencesoffuzzy numbers by st 2 F. Definition 2.4. λ λ n and μ μ m could be two nondecreasing sequencesof positive real numbers such that each tends to ∞ and λ n1 ≤ λ n 1,λ 1 1, μ m1 ≤ μ m 1,μ 1 1. 2.13 A double sequence X X kl offuzzy numbers is said to be λ-summable if there is fuzzy number X 0 such that P − lim nm 1 λ nm k∈I n l∈I m d X kl ,X 0 0, 2.14 where I n n − λ n 1,n, I m m − μ m 1,m, and λ nm λ n μ m . 4 Journal of Inequalities and Applications In this case, we say that X is strongly double λ-summable to X 0 and we denote the set of all strongly double λ-summable sequences by V, λF.Ifλ nm nm, then strongly double λ-summable reduces to C, 1, 1F, the space of strongly double Ces ` aro summable sequences defined as follows: P − lim nm 1 nm mn k,l1,1 d X kl ,X 0 0. 2.15 Definition 2.5. A double sequence X X kl offuzzy numbers is said to be doubleλ-statisticallyconvergent or S λ -convergent to X 0 if for every >0, P − lim n,m 1 λ nm k ∈ I n ,l ∈ I m : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ 0. 2.16 In this case, we write S λ −lim X X 0 or X kl P → X 0 S λ and we denote the set of all double S λ -statistically convergentsequencesoffuzzy numbers by S λ F. If λ nm nm, for all n, m, then the set S λ F of S λ -convergent sequences reduces to the space st 2 F. We need the following proposition in future. A metric d on L R is said to be a translation invariant if dX Z, Y ZdX, Y for X, Y, Z ∈ L R. Proposition 2.6. If d is a translation invariant metric on L R,then dX Y, 0 ≤ dX, 0dY, 0. 2.17 Proof is clear so we omitted it. In the next theorem, we give some connections between strongly double λ-summable and double λ-statistical convergences. 3. Main results Theorem 3.1. A double sequence X X kl offuzzy numbers is strongly double λ-summable X 0 ,then it is doubleλ-statisticallyconvergent to X 0 . Proof. Let >0 and since k∈I n ,l∈I m d X kl ,X 0 ≥ k∈I n ,l∈I m ,d X kl ,X 0 ≥ d X kl ,X 0 ≥ k ∈ I n ,l∈ I m : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ . 3.1 This implies that if a sequence X X kl is strongly double λ-summable X 0 ,thenX is doubleλ-statisticallyconvergent to X 0 . This completes the proof. We have the following theorem. Theorem 3.2. If a bounded X kl is doubleλ-statisticallyconvergent to X 0 , then it is strongly double λ-summable X 0 . Ekrem Savas¸ 5 Proof. Suppose that X kl is bounded and doubleλ-statisticallyconvergent to X 0 . Since X is bounded we write d X kl ,X 0 ≤ M for all k, l. Also for given >0andn and m large we obtain 1 λ nm k∈I n ,l∈I m d X kl ,X 0 1 λ nm k∈I n ,l∈I m ,d X kl ,X 0 ≥ d X kl ,X 0 1 λ nm k∈I n ,l∈I m ,d X kl ,X 0 < d X kl ,X 0 ≤ M λ nm k ∈ I n ,l∈ I m : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ , 3.2 which implies that X is strongly double λ-summable X 0 . This completes the proof. Theorem 3.3. If a sequence X X kl offuzzy numbers is double statistically convergent to X 0 ,then it is doubleλ-statisticallyconvergent to X 0 if and only if P − lim nm inf λ nm nm > 0. 3.3 Proof. For given ε>0, we have k ≤ n, l ≤ m : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ ⊃{k ∈ I n ,l∈ I m : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ . 3.4 Therefore, 1 nm k ≤ n, l ≤ m : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ ≥ 1 nm k ∈ I n ,l∈ I m : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ | ≥ λ nm nm 1 λ nm k ∈ I n ,l∈ I m : d X kl ,X 0 ≥ . 3.5 Taking the limit as n, m →∞and using hypothesis, we get X is doubleλ-statisticallyconvergent to X 0 . Conversely, suppose that X ∈ st 2 F and since λ nm λ n μ m ,eitherP − lim n inf λ n /n 0 or P − lim m inf μ m /m0 or both are zero. Then we can choose subsequences np ∞ p1 and mq ∞ q1 such that λ n p /np < 1/p and μ m q /mq < 1/q. Define a sequence X X kl by X kl ⎧ ⎨ ⎩ 1ifk ∈ I n p ,l∈ I mq p, q 1, 2, , 0 otherwise. 3.6 Then X ∈ C, 1, 1F and hence, by 6,Theorem6a, X ∈ st 2 F. But on the other hand, X / ∈V, λF and from Theorem 3.1, X / ∈ S λ F; a contradiction and hence 3.3 must hold. Finally, we conclude this paper by stating a definition which generalizes Definition 2.4 . 6 Journal of Inequalities and Applications Definition 3.4. Let X X kl be a double sequence offuzzy numbers and let p be positive real numbers. The sequence X is said to be strongly double λ p -summable if there is fuzzy number X 0 such that P − lim nm 1 λ nm k∈I n l∈I m d X kl ,X 0 p 0. 3.7 In this case, we say that X is strongly double λ p -summable to X 0 .Ifλ nm nm,then strongly double λ p -summable reduces to strongly double p-Ces ` aro summable to X 0 . Theorem 3.5. 1 Let p ∈ 0, ∞. If a double sequence X X kl offuzzy numbers is strongly double λ p -summable X 0 ,thenitisdoubleλ-statistically convergent to X 0 . 2 Let p ∈ 0, ∞. If a bounded X kl is doubleλ-statisticallyconvergent to X 0 ,thenitis strongly double λ p -summable X 0 . Proof. 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Corporation Journal of Inequalities and Applications Volume 2008, Article ID 147827, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2008/147827 Research Article On λ-Statistically Convergent Double Sequences of Fuzzy Numbers Ekrem. statistically convergent and lacunary statistically convergent sequences of fuzzy numbers. Kwon and Shim 3 studied statistical convergence and lacunary statistical convergence of sequences of fuzzy. conditions are suf- ficient as well as necessary. Savas¸ 4 introduced and discussed double convergent sequence of fuzzy numbers and showed that the set of all double convergent sequences of fuzzy