More on a topological mean value theorem (Q1879406)

In the paper [``A topological mean value theorem for the plane,'' Am. Math. Mon. 98, No.~2, 149--154 (1991; Zbl 0741.26003)], \textit{I. Rosenholtz} used the Jordan Curve Theorem for the Euclidean plane to prove the theorem of the title. The present authors prove a corresponding theorem which also holds for non-Jordan (differentiable, nonstop) curves \([a,b]\to \mathbb R^2\), and call it the weak topological mean value theorem. A smooth surface \(S\) in \(\mathbb R^3\) of class \(C^1\) is said to satisfy the weak topological mean value theorem if the corresponding theorem holds for differentiable nonstop curves in \(S\). The main result is that such a set \(S\) is necessarily an open subset of a plane.