Paraconvexity and continuous selections (Q2363291): Difference between revisions

As a generalization of his convex-valued selection theorem [Ann. Math. (2) 63, 361--382 (1956; Zbl 0071.15902)], \textit{E. Michael} in [Math. Scand. 7, 372--376 (1960; Zbl 0093.12001)] established a selection theorem for paraconvex-valued mappings defined on paracompact spaces. In [Topology Appl. 159, No. 1, 153--157 (2012; Zbl 1232.54024)], \textit{N. R. Loufouma Makala} proved an analogous theorem for collectionwise normal domains, and the following question was posed: Let \(X\) be a \(\tau\)-collectionwise normal space, \(E\) a Banach space and \(0\leq \alpha <1\). Let \(Y\) be a nonempty \(\alpha\)-paraconvex closed subset of \(E\) such that the weight of \(Y\) is \(\leq \tau\). Let \( \mathcal{C}_\alpha (Y) \) be the set of all nonempty compact and \(\alpha\)-paraconvex subsets of \(Y\), and \( \mathcal{C}'_\alpha (Y) = \mathcal{C}_\alpha (Y) \cup \{Y\} \). Then, is it true that every lower semi-continuous mapping \(\varphi : X \to \mathcal{C}'_\alpha (Y) \) admits a continuous selection (that is, a continuous mapping \(f : X \to Y\) such that \(f(x) \in \varphi(x)\) for every \(x \in X\))? In this paper, the author answers this question affirmatively by considering two natural properties on continuous \(\delta\)-selections for set-valued mappings.