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We comment on a problem of Mazur from “The Scottish Book" concerning second partial derivatives. We prove that if a function f(x,y) of real variables defined on a rectangle has continuous derivative with respect to y and for almost all y the function $F_y\left(x\right):=f_y^{\text{'}}(x,y)$ has finite variation, then almost everywhere on the rectangle the partial derivative $f_{yx}^{\text{'}\text{'}}$ exists. We construct a separately twice differentiable function whose partial derivative $f_x^{\text{'}}$ is discontinuous with respect to the second variable on a set of positive...

A function f: X → Y between topological spaces is said to be a weakly Gibson function if $f\left(Ū\right)\subseteq \overline{f\left(U\right)}$ for any open connected set U ⊆ X. We prove that if X is a locally connected hereditarily Baire space and Y is a T₁-space then an $F_{\sigma }$-measurable mapping f: X → Y is weakly Gibson if and only if for any connected set C ⊆ X with dense connected interior the image f(C) is connected. Moreover, we show that each weakly Gibson $F_{\sigma }$-measurable mapping f: ℝⁿ → Y, where Y is a T₁-space, has a connected graph.

We investigate the Baire classification of mappings f: X × Y → Z, where X belongs to a wide class of spaces which includes all metrizable spaces, Y is a topological space, Z is an equiconnected space, which are continuous in the first variable. We show that for a dense set in X these mappings are functions of a Baire class α in the second variable.

We prove that if Köthe F-spaces X and Y on finite atomless measure spaces (ΩX; ΣX, µX) and (ΩY; ΣY; µY), respectively, with absolute continuous norms are isomorphic and have the property $\underset{\mu \left(A\right)\to 0}{lim}∥\mu {\left(A\right)}^{-1}{1}_A∥=0$ (for µ = µX and µ = µY, respectively) then the measure spaces (ΩX; ΣX; µX) and (ΩY; ΣY; µY) are isomorphic, up to some positive multiples. This theorem extends a result of A. Plichko and M. Popov concerning isomorphic classification of L p(µ)-spaces for 0 < p < 1. We also provide a new class of F-spaces...

We prove the result on Baire classification of mappings $f:X\times Y\to Z$ which are continuous with respect to the first variable and belongs to a Baire class with respect to the second one, where $X$ is a $PP$-space, $Y$ is a topological space and $Z$ is a strongly $\sigma$-metrizable space with additional properties. We show that for any topological space $X$, special equiconnected space $Z$ and a mapping $g:X\to Z$ of the $(n-1)$-th Baire class there exists a strongly separately continuous mapping $f:X^n\to Z$ with the diagonal $g$. For wide classes of spaces...

We use a new technique of measures on Boolean algebras to investigate narrow operators on vector lattices. First we prove that, under mild assumptions, every finite rank operator is strictly narrow (before it was known that such operators are narrow). Then we show that every order continuous operator from an atomless vector lattice to a purely atomic one is order narrow. This explains in what sense the vector lattice structure of an atomless vector lattice given by an unconditional basis is far...

For a non-isolated point $x$ of a topological space $X$ let ${\mathrm{nw}}_{\chi }\left(x\right)$ be the smallest cardinality of a family $𝒩$ of infinite subsets of $X$ such that each neighborhood $O\left(x\right)\subset X$ of $x$ contains a set $N\in 𝒩$. We prove that (a) each infinite compact Hausdorff space $X$ contains a non-isolated point $x$ with ${\mathrm{nw}}_{\chi }\left(x\right)={\aleph }_0$; (b) for each point $x\in X$ with ${\mathrm{nw}}_{\chi }\left(x\right)={\aleph }_0$ there is an injective sequence ${\left(x_n\right)}_{n\in \omega }$ in $X$ that $ℱ$-converges to $x$ for some meager filter $ℱ$ on $\omega$; (c) if a functionally Hausdorff space $X$ contains an $ℱ$-convergent injective sequence for some meager filter...