On the intermediate value property of multivalued functions (Q1852364): Difference between revisions

A multifunction \(F: \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) has intermediate value property if for each pair of distinct points \(x_1\), \(x_2\) and each \(y_1\in F(x_1)\) there exists \(y_2\in F(x_2)\) such that \(\text{Int Conv}\{y_1,y_2\}\subset F(\text{Int Conv}\{x_1, x_2\})\). There are Darboux multifunctions without this property and, conversely, multifunctions with this property may fail to be Darboux. In the paper it is proved, that multifunctions being derivatives in the Hukuhara sense (and bounded approximately continuous multifunctions) with closed and convex values have the above intermediate value property. Remark: In the definition of the intermediate value property, the author uses max and min instead of Conv and thus the results are formulated only for multifunctions whose values are subsets of the real line. The above redefinition makes the results valid for multifunctions with values being closed, convex subsets of a Banach space.