The lifting property for classes of mappings.
The nonexistence of expansive homeomorphisms of chainable continua
A homeomorphism f:X → X of a compactum X with metric d is expansive if there is c > 0 such that if x, y ∈ X and x ≠ y, then there is an integer n ∈ ℤ such that . In this paper, we prove that if a homeomorphism f:X → X of a continuum X can be lifted to an onto map h:P → P of the pseudo-arc P, then f is not expansive. As a corollary, we prove that there are no expansive homeomorphisms on chainable continua. This is an affirmative answer to one of Williams’ conjectures.
The nonexistence of expansive homeomorphisms of dendroids
The solenoids are the only circle-like continua that admit expansive homeomorphisms
A homeomorphism h:X → X of a compactum X is expansive provided that for some fixed c > 0 and any distinct x, y ∈ X there exists an integer n, dependent only on x and y, such that d(hⁿ(x),hⁿ(y)) > c. It is shown that if X is a circle-like continuum that admits an expansive homeomorphism, then X is homeomorphic to a solenoid.
Triangle functions and composition of probability distribution functions.
The equations of left and right distributivity of composition of distribution functions over triangle functions are solved in a restricted domain.
True preimages of compact or separable sets for functional analysts
We discuss various results on the existence of ‘true’ preimages under continuous open maps between -spaces, -lattices and some other spaces. The aim of the paper is to provide accessible proofs of this sort of results for functional-analysts.
Two examples concerning small intrinsic isometries
Two-distance preserving functions.