Comparison of some types of locally covering mappings (Q2802030)

In this paper three types of locally \(\alpha\)-covering set-valued maps proposed by some authors are compared. Namely:NEWLINENEWLINE-- \(\alpha\)-covering with respect to the sets \(U\) (contained in the domain) and \(V\) (contained in the codomain) [\textit{A. V. Arutyunov}, Dokl. Math. 76, No. 2, 665--668 (2007; Zbl 1152.54351); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk, Ross. Akad. Nauk 416, No. 2, 151--155 (2007)]NEWLINENEWLINE-- \(\alpha\)-covering on the set \(U\) relative to the set \(V\) [\textit{B. S. Mordukhovich}, Variational analysis and generalized differentiation. I: Basic theory. II: Applications. Berlin: Springer (2005; Zbl 1100.49002)]NEWLINENEWLINE-- \(\alpha\)-covering [\textit{H. Frankowska} and \textit{M. Quincampoix}, Math. Program. 132, No. 1--2 (A), 333--354 (2012; Zbl 1262.90173)]NEWLINENEWLINEThe main results state that the first and the second notions are equivalent in neighbourhoods of not isolated points, while the third one is more general then the first and additionally if a map is \(\alpha\)-covering in the third sense, then it is \((\alpha-\varepsilon)\)- covering in the first one for any \(\varepsilon\in (0,\alpha)\).