Selective, bi-selective, and composite differentiation (Q795190)

Let \(R=\cup^{\infty}_{n=1}E_ n,\) where \(E_ n\) are closed sets, be a decomposition of R. The authors call a function g a composite derivative relative to this decomposition, if for each n and each \(x\in E_ n \lim_{y\to x,y\in E_ n}[f(y)-f(x)](y-x)^{-1}=g(x).\) All composite derivatives are of Baire class 1 and some of them have not the Darbaux property. Each composite derivative is a bi-selective derivative. Next the authors determine when a composite derivative is a selective derivative and find conditions under which a bi-selective derivative is a composite derivative. The selective and bi-selective derivatives were introduced by the first author in Acta Math. Hung. 29, 77-97 (1977; Zbl 0345.26003) and 41, 111-117 (1983; Zbl 0526.26002). The paper concludes with an example showing that sometimes selective and composite derivatives must be different.