Approaching points by continuous selections (Q861763)

In this paper the author continues investigations from the paper [\textit{V. Gutev} and \textit{T. Nogura}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 129, 2809--2815 (2001; Zbl 0973.54021)]. Let \(X\) be a topological space. Let \({\mathcal F}(X)\) be the hyperspace of all nonempty closed subsets of \(X\) equipped with the Vietoris topology. A map \(f: {\mathcal F}(X) \rightarrow X\) is a selection for \({\mathcal F}(X)\) if \(f(S) \in S\) for every \(S \in {\mathcal F}(X)\). The purpose of this paper is to establish some further results about spaces \(X\) for which the set \(\{f(X): f \) is a continuous selection for \({\mathcal F}(X)\}\) is dense in \(X\). It is proved that this set is dense if and only if \(X\) has a clopen \(\pi\)-base. Several applications follow by this characterization. For example, it is demonstrated that a homogeneous separable metrizable space \(X\) has a continuous selection for its hyperspace \({\mathcal F}(X)\) if and only if one of the following holds: a) \(X\) is a discrete space, b) \(X\) is a discrete sum of copies of the Cantor set, c) \(X\) is the irrational line.