On the probabilistic metrizability of approach spaces

Hongliang Lai, Lili Shen, Junche Yu

Published 2024-08-14Version 1

We investigate approach spaces generated by probabilistic metric spaces with respect to a continuous t-norm $*$ on the unit interval $[0,1]$. Let $k^*$ be the supremum of the idempotent elements of $*$ in $[0,1)$. It is shown that if $k^*=1$ (resp. $k^*<1$), then an approach space is probabilistic metrizable with respect to $*$ if and only if it is probabilistic metrizable with respect to the minimum (resp. product) t-norm.