Continuity and selections of the intersection operator applied to nonconvex sets (Q2789229)

Let \((T,\rho)\) be a metric space, \(E\) a Banach space and \(A,C:T\to 2^E\) two Hausdorff continuous multifunctions. The paper is concerned with the following problem: find some conditions on \(A,C\) in order that the multifunction \(F(t):=A(t)\cap C(t)\), \(t\in T\) is Hausdorff continuous and admits a continuous selection on \(T\). A key role in this study is played by the so-called support condition. One says that a subset \(A\) of \(E\) satisfies the support condition with respect to a convex body (a closed convex set with nonempty interior) if for every \(a\in A\) and \(c\in C\), \((A-a)\cap t(\operatorname{int} C-c)=\emptyset\) for all \(t\in (0,1)\) implies that \((A-a)\cap(\operatorname{int}C-c)=\emptyset\). The class of all these sets \(A\) is denoted by \(\mathcal S(C)\).NEWLINENEWLINEConcerning the considered problem, the following result (Theorem 3.1) is proved: let \(r\in (0,1)\) and suppose that \(A,C:T\to 2^E\) are such that for every \(t\in T\), \(C(t)\) is closed and uniformly convex and \(rA(t)\in\mathcal SC(t)\). Suppose further that \(\inf_{t\in T}\delta_{C(t)}(\varepsilon)>0\) for all \(\varepsilon >0\) and that \(F(t):=A(t)\cap C(t)\neq\emptyset\) for every \(t\in T\). Under these assumptions, if \(A,C\) are Hausdorff continuous, then \(F\) is Hausdorff continuous and admits a continuous selection. If, in addition, \(A,C\) are uniformly Hausdorff continuous, then \(F\) is uniformly Hausdorff continuous, too, and admits a uniformly continuous selection.NEWLINENEWLINEHere \(\delta_M(\varepsilon)\) denotes the modulus of uniform convexity of a subset \(M\) of \(E\) in the sense of \textit{B. T. Polyak} [Sov. Math., Dokl. 7, 72-75 (1966); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 166, 287-290 (1966; Zbl 0171.09501)]: NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\delta_M(\varepsilon)=\inf\{\delta>0 : \exists a,b\in M, \, \|a-b\|=\varepsilon,\, B[2^{-1}(a+b);\delta]\nsubseteq M\}.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE This result holds if \(E\) is uniformly convex and extends some previous results as, e.g., those obtained by \textit{M. V. Balashov} and \textit{D. Repovš} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 371, No. 1, 113--127 (2010; Zbl 1206.52004)]NEWLINENEWLINEApplications are given to the splitting problem for selections.