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What structure is preserved by pseudo-homeomorphisms of pseudo-Euclidean spaces?

Let us recall that for integer numbers $t,s\ge 0$ the pseudo-Euclidean space $\mathbb R^{t,s}$ is the vector space $\mathbb R^{t+s}$ endowed with the quadratic form $q_{t,s}:\mathbb R^{t+s}\to\mathbb ...
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Are there hereditarily square-boxed plane continua?

A plane continuum is a bounded, closed and connected subset of the plane. A bounding box $B$ for a plane continuum $C$ is a rectangle $B=[a,b]\times[c,d]$ (including sides and interior) such that $C$ ...
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Find at least one square-boxed subcontinuum

Recall that a plane continuum is a closed, bounded, connected subset of the plane. It is non-degenerate if it contains at least two points. (We may sometimes just say "continuum" even if we ...
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On connectedness of the complement

In the application of Runge type theorems on the approximation of functions with some regularity on a neighborhood of a compact, it is interesting to know whether the complement of a compact has ...
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Dense $G_{\delta}$ set with $\sigma$-porous complement is cofinite?

Let $X$ be a separable Banach space and $D\subseteq X$ be a proper, connected, and dense $G_{\delta}$ subset of $X$, $X-D$ is $\sigma$-porous. Then is $X-D$ contained in a finite-dimensional ...
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Uniform distance from a discontinuous function is continuous

Define the metric $d(f,g)\triangleq \sup_{x \in [0,1]} \|f(x)-g(x)\|$ on the set $\operatorname{B}$ of uniformly bounded functions from the interval $[0,1]$ to $\mathbb{R}$, fix $g \in \operatorname{B}...
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Recognizing Lipschitz functions up to change of target metric

Let $K$ be a compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ (for simplicity, I am happy to take $K=\overline{B(0,1)}$ for now if it is easier). Let $f:K \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^m$ be a continuous function. Is ...
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Converting a bounded metric into an unbounded metric

Suppose $d$ is a bounded metric on $X$, i.e. $d(x,y)< K<\infty$ for all $x,y\in X$. Is there a standard way to convert $d$ into another metric $\widetilde{d}$ on $X$ with the property that $\...
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Continuous maps which send intervals of $\mathbb{R}$ to convex subsets of $\mathbb{R}^2$

Let $f : \mathbb{R} \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^2$ be a continuous map which sends any interval $I \subseteq \mathbb{R}$ to a convex subset $f(I)$ of $\mathbb{R}^2$. Is it true that there must be a ...
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Is it always possible to "encircle" exactly $n$ points in an infinite subset of $\mathbb{R}^d$ without limit points?

Let $d$ be a positive integer, and let $\mathbb{R}^d$ be endowed with the Euclidean metric. Given an infinite set $S \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ without limit points and a positive integer $n$, is there ...
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Hausdorff metric on C[0,1]

Let us consider $C[0,1]$, the space of continuous functions $f\colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$. It comes usually with the metric of the maximum, or of the supremum, $d_{L^{\infty}}$. Each element $f$ in $...
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The pth power of a distance function is twice continuously differentiable, for $p>2$?

Suppose $\mathcal{O}$ is an open convex connected strict subset in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and define $\beta(x)=dist(x, \mathcal{O})$, for each $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$. Is $\beta^p$, $p>2$ a twice continuously ...