Locally invertible operators and the method of continuation with respect to parameter (Q677692)

Let \({\mathcal D}\) be a set. Let \(\rho(x_1,x_2)\) be a nonnegative symmetric function such that \(\rho(x_1,x_2)= 0\) if and only if \(x_1= x_2\) for any \(x_1,x_2\in{\mathcal D}\). The pair \(({\mathcal D},\rho)\) is called a weakly metric space. Let \(Y\) be a normed space. By \(L_\rho({\mathcal D},Y)\) is denoted the set of all operators \(F:{\mathcal D}\to Y\) with the bounded \(\rho\)-seminorm \[ \| F\|_\rho= \sup_{x_1,x_2\in{\mathcal D},x_1\neq x_2} {\| Fx_1- Fx_2\|\over \rho(x_1,x_2)}. \] There is shown that several facts proved for operators mapping a metric space into a normed space hold also for operators mapping weakly metric spaces into normed spaces.