Selections for Vietoris-Like Hyperspace Topologies (Q4487601)

The authors prove a selection theorem for a Vietoris-like hyperspace topology related to a special clopen base \({\mathcal B}\) of a space \(X\): Theorem 2.1 Let \(X\) be a completely metrizable space which has a clopen \({\mathcal D}\)-orderable base for some \({\mathcal D}\subseteq{\mathcal F}(x)\) (\({\mathcal F}(x)\) denoting the non-empty closed subsets of \(X\)). Then \({\mathcal F}(x)\) has a \(\tau_{V({\mathcal D})}\)-continuous selection. As a consequence of this theorem, several selection theorems by M. Chobany, R. Engelking, R. W. Heath, E. Michael, V. Gutev as well as selection theorems for other hyperspace topologies are obtained. In the second place, the new selection theorems are applied to characterize certain classes of zero-dimensional metrizable spaces by continuous selections for their hyperspaces.