Diagonals of separately continuous functions and their analogs

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Abstract: We prove that for a topological space X, an equiconnected space Z and a Baire-one mapping g:XoZ there exists a separately continuous mapping f:X2oZ with the diagonal g, i.e. g(x)=f(x,x) for every xinX. Under a mild assumptions on X and Z we obtain that diagonals of separately continuous mappings f:X2oZ are exactly Baire-one functions, and diagonals of mappings f:X2oZ which are continuous on the first variable and Lipschitz (differentiable) on the second one, are exactly the functions of stable first Baire class.


The diagonal of a function \(f:X^2\to Y\) is the function \(g:X\to Y\) given by \(g(x)=f(x,x)\). Suppose \(Y\) is metrisable and equiconnected. If a function \(g:X\to Y\) is of Baire class 1 then there is a separately continuous \(f:X^2\to Y\) whose diagonal is \(g\). Under a range of mild conditions the converse holds. Similar characterisations with \(f\) continuous in the first variable and Lipschitz or differentiable in the second are given; in these cases \(g\) is of stable Baire class 1.











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