On \(\alpha\)-continuity in topological spaces (Q1065380)

In this paper \(\alpha\)-continuity, \(\alpha\)-open functions, and \(\alpha\)- closed functions, which were introduced in 1983 by \textit{A. Mashhour}, \textit{I. Hasanein}, and \textit{S. El-Deeb} [Acta Math. Hung. 41, 213-218 (1983; Zbl 0534.54006)], and \(\alpha\)-irresolute functions, which were introduced in 1980 by \textit{S. Maheshwari} and \textit{S. Thakur} [Tamkang J. Math. 11, 209-214 (1981; Zbl 0485.54009)] are further investigated. The authors retopologize the domain space and/or range space to characterize \(\alpha\)-continuity using continuity, \(\alpha\)-open using open, \(\alpha\)- closed using closed, and \(\alpha\)-irresolute using continuity and these new characterizations are used to quickly establish many known properties of \(\alpha\)-continuous, \(\alpha\)-open, \(\alpha\)-closed, and \(\alpha\)- irresolute functions.