On a family of t-norms (Q1175281)

The authors consider the functional equation (1) \(T(x,y)+| x- y|=T(\hbox{Max}(x,y)\), \(\hbox{Max}(x,y))\), where \(T\) is a \(t\)-norm. (A \(t\)-norm is a binary operation on \([0,1]\) that is associative, commutative, non-decreasing in each place, and has identity 1.) The authors prove that if \(T\) is a continuous \(t\)-norm which satisfies (1), then, for some \(\alpha\in[0,1]\), \(T\) is of the form \(T(x,y)=\hbox{Max}(0,x+y-\alpha)\), whenever \(x,y\in[0,\alpha]\), and \(=\hbox{Min}(x,y)\), otherwise.