This work extends our research on fuzzy relational Galois connections, previously established in the context of complete Heyting algebras, to the broader framework of arbitrary residuated lattices. In this context, we study the properties of fuzzy closure relations and fuzzy closure systems, and the relationship with fuzzy relational Galois connections. The main result of the paper is the generalization of the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a right adjoint for a fuzzy relation linking a fuzzy transitive directed graph to an unstructured set.

We present a fuzzy version of the notion of relational Galois connection between fuzzy transitive directed graphs (fuzzy T-digraphs) on the specific setting in which the underlying algebra of truth values is a complete Heyting algebra. The components of such fuzzy Galois connection are fuzzy relations satisfying certain reasonable properties expressed in terms of the so-called full powering. Moreover, we provide a necessary and sufficient condition under which it is possible to construct a right adjoint for a given fuzzy relation between a fuzzy T-digraph and an unstructured set.

Galois connections seem to be ubiquitous in mathematics. They have been used to model solutions for both pure and application-oriented problems. Throughout the paper, the general framework is a complete fuzzy lattice over a complete residuated lattice. The existence of three fuzzy Galois connections (two antitone and one isotone) between three specific ordered sets is proved in this paper. The most interesting part is that fuzzy closure systems, fuzzy closure operators and strong fuzzy closure relations are formal concepts of these fuzzy Galois connections.

This paper is the natural extension of Fuzzy Closure Structures as Formal Concepts. In this paper we take into consideration the concept of closure system which is not dealt with in the previous one. Hence, a connection must be found between fuzzy ordered sets and a crisp ordered set. This problem is two-fold, the core of the fuzzy orders can be considered in order to complete the ensemble, or the crisp order can be fuzzified. Both ways are studied in the paper. The most interesting result is, similarly to the previous paper, that closure systems are formal concepts of these Galois connections as well.

The concept of closure operator is key in several branches of mathematics. In this paper, closure operators are extended to relational structures, more specifically to fuzzy relations in the framework of complete fuzzy lattices. The core of the work is the search for a suitable definition of (strong) fuzzy closure relation, that is, a fuzzy relation whose relation with fuzzy closure systems is one-to-one. The study of the properties of fuzzy closure systems and fuzzy relations helps narrow down this exploration until an appropriate definition is settled.

The aim of this paper is to extend closure systems from being crisp sets with certain fuzzy properties to proper fuzzy sets. The presentation of the paper shows a thorough discussion on the different alternatives that could be taken to define the desired fuzzy closure systems. These plausible alternatives are discarded if they are proven impossible to be in a bijective correspondence with closure operators. Finally, a definition of fuzzy closure system is established and a one-to-one relation with closure operators is proved.

Two alternative definitions of closure system in complete fuzzy lattices are introduced, first as a crisp set and then as a fuzzy one. It is valuated in a complete Heyting algebra and follows the classical definition on complete lattices. The classical bijection between closure systems and fuzzy closure operators is preserved. Then, the notion is compared with the most used definition given by Bělohlávek on the fuzzy powerset lattice.

We continue the study of (isotone) Galois connections, also called adjunctions, in the framework of fuzzy preordered structures, which generalize fuzzy preposets by considering underlying fuzzy equivalence relations. Specifically, we present necessary and sufficient conditions so that, given a mapping f : A → B from a fuzzy preordered structure A = 〈A, ≈A,ρA〉 into a fuzzy structure 〈B, ≈B〉, it is possible to construct a fuzzy relation ρBthat induces a suitable fuzzy preorder structure on B and such that there exists a mapping g : B → A such that the pair (f, g) constitutes an Galois connection.

The problem of studying the existence of a right adjoint for a mapping defined between sets with different fuzzy structure naturally leads to the search of new notions of adjunction which fit better with the underlying structure of domain and codomain. In this work, we introduce a version of relational fuzzy adjunction between fuzzy preposets which generalizes previous approaches in that its components are fuzzy relations. We also prove that the construction behaves properly with respect to the formation of quotient with respect to the symmetric kernel relation.