Order preserving bijections of \(\mathcal C(\mathcal X,\mathcal I)\) (Q2569905)

If \(\mathcal X\) is a first countable compact Hausdorff space, then \(C({\mathcal X},I)\) denotes the set of continuous functions from \({\mathcal X}\) to \([0,1]\). A function \(\phi:C({\mathcal X},I)\to C({\mathcal X},I)\) \textsl{preserves the order in both directions} if \(f\leq g\) if and only if \(\phi(f)\leq \phi(g)\). The following theorem is proved: If \(\phi:C({\mathcal X},I)\to C({\mathcal X},I)\) is a bijective map which preserves the order in both directions then there is a homeomorphism \(\mu\) of \({\mathcal X}\) and for each \(x\in {\mathcal X}\) a bijective increasing map \(m_x:I\to I\) such that for all \(f\in C({\mathcal X},I)\), \(\phi(f)(x)= m_x(f(\mu(x)))\). The converse is also proved.