Let (T,F,μ) be a separable probability measure space with a nonatomic measure μ. A subset K ⊂ L(T,Rⁿ) is said to be decomposable if for every A ∈ F and f ∈ K, g ∈ K one has $f{\chi }_A+g{\chi }_T\in K$. Using the property of decomposability as a substitute for convexity a relaxation theorem for fixed point sets of set-valued function is given.

Let F be a multifunction from a metric space X into L¹, and B a subset of X. We give sufficient conditions for the existence of a measurable selector of F which is continuous at every point of B. Among other assumptions, we require the decomposability of F(x) for x ∈ B.

The present paper aims to furnish simple proofs of some recent results about selections on product spaces obtained by García-Ferreira, Miyazaki and Nogura. The topic is discussed in the framework of a result of Katětov about complete normality of products. Also, some applications for products with a countably compact factor are demonstrated as well.

We characterize the AR property in convex subsets of metric linear spaces in terms of certain near-selections.

Let (X,T) be a paracompact space, Y a complete metric space, $F:X\to 2^Y$ a lower semicontinuous multifunction with nonempty closed values. We prove that if $T^{+}$ is a (stronger than T) topology on X satisfying a compatibility property, then F admits a $T^{+}$-continuous selection. If Y is separable, then there exists a sequence $\left(f_n\right)$ of $T^{+}$-continuous selections such that $F\left(x\right)=\overline{f_n\left(x\right);n\ge 1}$ for all x ∈ X. Given a Banach space E, the above result is then used to construct directionally continuous selections on arbitrary subsets of ℝ × E.

We extend van Mill-Wattel's results and show that each countably compact completely regular space with a continuous selection on couples is suborderable. The result extends also to pseudocompact spaces if they are either scattered, first countable, or connected. An infinite pseudocompact topological group with such a continuous selection is homeomorphic to the Cantor set. A zero-selection is a selection on the hyperspace of closed sets which chooses always an isolated point of a set. Extending Fujii-Nogura...

We answer a question of van Mill and Wattel by showing that there is a separable locally compact space which admits a continuous weak selection but is not weakly orderable. Furthermore, we show that a separable space which admits a continuous weak selection can be covered by two weakly orderable spaces. Finally, we give a partial answer to a question of Gutev and Nogura by showing that a separable space which admits a continuous weak selection admits a continuous selection for all finite sets.

Every (continuous) selection for the non-empty 2-point subsets of a space X naturally defines an interval-like topology on X. In the present paper, we demonstrate that, for a second-countable zero-dimensional space X, this topology may fail to be first-countable at some (or, even any) point of X. This settles some problems stated in [7].

We show that if $𝒜$ is an uncountable AD (almost disjoint) family of subsets of $\omega$ then the space $\Psi \left(𝒜\right)$ does not admit a continuous selection; moreover, if $𝒜$ is maximal then $\Psi \left(𝒜\right)$ does not even admit a continuous selection on pairs, answering thus questions of T. Nogura.

We show that the assertions of some fundamental selection theorems for lower-semicontinuous maps with completely metrizable range and metrizable domain actually characterize topological completeness of the target space. We also show that certain natural restrictions on the class of the domains change this situation. The results provide in particular answers to questions asked by Engelking, Heath and Michael [3] and Gutev, Nedev, Pelant and Valov [5].

Given a coarse space $(X,ℰ)$ with the bornology $ℬ$ of bounded subsets, we extend the coarse structure $ℰ$ from $X\times X$ to the natural coarse structure on $(ℬ\setminus \{\varnothing \left\}\right)\times (ℬ\setminus \{\varnothing \left\}\right)$ and say that a macro-uniform mapping $f:(ℬ\setminus \{\varnothing \left\}\right)\to X$ (or $f:{\left[X\right]}^2\to X$) is a selector (or 2-selector) of $(X,ℰ)$ if $f\left(A\right)\in A$ for each $A\in ℬ\setminus \left\{\varnothing \right\}$ ($A\in {\left[X\right]}^2$, respectively). We prove that a discrete coarse space $(X,ℰ)$ admits a selector if and only if $(X,ℰ)$ admits a 2-selector if and only if there exists a linear order “$\le$" on $X$ such that the family of intervals $\left\{\right[a,b]:a,b\in X,a\le b\}$ is a base for the bornology $ℬ$.

Let Ω be a measure space, and E, F be separable Banach spaces. Given a multifunction $f:\Omega \times E\to 2^F$, denote by $N_f\left(x\right)$ the set of all measurable selections of the multifunction $f(·,x\left(·\right)):\Omega \to 2^F$, s ↦ f(s,x(s)), for a function x: Ω → E. First, we obtain new theorems on H-upper/H-lower/lower semicontinuity (without assuming any conditions on the growth of the generating multifunction f(s,u) with respect to u) for the multivalued (Nemytskiĭ) superposition operator $N_f$ mapping some open domain G ⊂ X into $2^Y$, where X and Y are Köthe-Bochner...