A theorem on planar continua and an application to automorphisms of the field of complex numbers
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A theorem on planar continua and an application to automorphisms of the field of complex numbers
zbMATH Open document ID: 0572.12007
DOI: 10.1016/0166-8641(85)90093-8
author: Robert R. Kallman
author: Forest W. Simmons
published in: Topology and its Applications
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: It is well known that the identity and the complex conjugation are the only continuous automorphisms of the complex number field \({\mathbb{C}}\) among the \(2^{{\mathfrak c}}\) automorphisms of \({\mathbb{C}}\). (\({\mathbb{C}}\) is provided with its natural topology.) It is an interesting question to give sufficient conditions for an automorphism \(\psi\) of \({\mathbb{C}}\) to be continuous. For example, if \(\psi\) is measurable as a function on \({\mathbb{R}}^ 2\), then \(\psi\) is continuous. \textit{H. Kestelman} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 53, 1-12 (1951; Zbl 0042.393)] has given some sufficient conditions for the continuity of \(\psi\). The present authors prove that if \(\psi\) is an automorphism of \({\mathbb{C}}\) which is bounded on an \(F_{\sigma}\) subset of the plane which has positive inductive dimension, then \(\psi\) is continuous. The proof is based on two interesting propositions. Prop. 1.1: Let \(\psi\) be an automorphism of \({\mathbb{C}}\) which is bounded on a circle or on a line segment. Then \(\psi\) is continuous. Prop. 1.3: Let K be a continuum in the plane which does not lie on a line. Then the set of differences \(K- K=\{w-z|\) w,z\(\in K\}\) contains an open set. - Remark. Prop. 1.1 is related to Kestelman's Theorem 1 (loc. cit.).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 12D99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 54F45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 54F15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 12F20
zbMATH DE Number: 3912498
zbMATH Keywords: planar continua
zbMATH Keywords: continuous automorphisms
zbMATH Keywords: complex number field
zbMATH Keywords: positive inductive dimension
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