On functions of finite Baire index

DOI10.1006/JFAN.1996.0150MaRDI QIDQ2565232zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fouad Chaatit, Vania Mascioni, Haskell P. Rosenthal

Publication date 22 July 1998

Published in Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9312209

zbMATH Keywords

\(D\)-functionBaire indexoscillation indexstrong \(D\)-function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification of real functions; Baire classification of sets and functions (26A21) Real-valued functions in general topology (54C30) Function spaces in general topology (54C35)

Abstract: It is proved that every function of finite Baire index on a separable metric space $K$ is a $D$-function, i.e., a difference of bounded semi-continuous functions on $K$. In fact it is a strong $D$-function, meaning it can be approximated arbitrarily closely in $D$-norm, by simple $D$-functions. It is shown that if the $n^{th}$ derived set of $K$ is non-empty for all finite $n$, there exist $D$-functions on $K$ which are not strong $D$-functions. Further structural results for the classes of finite index functions and strong $D$-functions are also given.

Review text

For a real bounded function \(f\) defined on a separable metric space \(K\), an oscillation (Baire) index \(i(f)\) is defined such that \(f\) is continuous iff \( i(f)=0\). The set of differences of bounded semicontinuous functions defined on \(K\) is denoted by \(DBSC(K)\) and is organized as a Banach algebra. The closure of the set of simple functions in \(DBSC(K)\) is denoted by \(SD(K)\). It is proved that \(SD(K)\) contains each function \(f\) with \(i(f)<\infty ,\) and that \(SD(K)\neq DBSC(K)\) if the \(n\)th derived set of \(K\) is nonempty for all \(n\in \mathbb{N}\).

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