Monotone extensions of mappings and their applications (Q790476)

This paper deals with one of the following general problems. Let P denote a property of mappings which is not necessarily hereditary with respect to the restrictions of mappings. In particular, P may be the property of being a closed mapping, or an open mapping, or a monotone mapping, or a compact mapping, or a quotient mapping, or a perfect mapping etc. Given a function \(f: X\to Y\), not necessarily continuous, from a topological space \(X\) into a topological space Y. Does there exists a superspace \(X^*\) of \(X\) and a function \(f^*:X^*\to Y\) with the following properties? (i) \(f^*\) possesses property P. (ii) \(f^*| X=f\). (iii) \(f^*\) is continuous whenever f is. (iv) \(X^*\) possesses ''nice'' properties whenever \(X\) and \(Y\) are ''nice''. The author constructs some superspaces \(X^*\), investigates some properties of \(X^*\) and applied the technique of monotone extensions to extend certain result of G. T. Whyburn pertaining to monotone and compact mappings.