On metric spaces and local extrema (Q837627)

The paper under review contains 3 results: (1)~There exists a connected metric space \(X\) and a non-constant continuous function \(f:X\to {\mathbb R}\) for which every point of \(X\) is a local extremum. (2)~If \(X\) is a connected space such that every family of pairwise disjoint open sets is of size less than the continuum and if \(f:X\to{\mathbb R}\) is a continuous function for which every point of \(X\) is a local extremum, then \(f\) is constant. (In particular, if \(f:{\mathbb R}\to {\mathbb R}\) is an approximately continuous and it has a local approximate extremum at each point of \(X\), then \(f\) is constant.) (3)~There is a connected separable Hausdorff space \(X\) and a non-constant Darboux function \(f:X\to {\mathbb R}\) which has a local extremum at each point of \(X\). The first two statements solve some problems posed by \textit{E. Behrends, S. Geschke} and \textit{T. Natkaniec} [Real Anal. Exch. 33(2007--2008), No. 2, 467--470 (2008; Zbl 1170.26002)].