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We show by a counterexample that Theorem 2 in Ban, Coroianu [Soft Computing (2016) 20:1249-1261] is not always the symmetric triangular fuzzy number nearest to a given fuzzy number. In addition, a corrected version is provided.
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The author is very grateful to the anonymous referees for their detailed comments and valuable suggestions. This research has been supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (105-2115-M-024-003).
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Yeh, CT. Note on “symmetric triangular approximations of fuzzy numbers under a general condition and properties”. Soft Comput 22, 2133–2137 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-017-2692-6
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