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Beni Bogosel
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Darboux function on $[0,1]$ with interesting property

I have proved a few years ago the following proposition:

There exists $f: [0,1] \to [0,1]$ with Darboux property such that there exist $A,B \subset[0,1]$ with $A\cap B=\emptyset,\ A \cup B=[0,1]$ with $f(A)\subset B$ and $f(B)\subset A$. (of course $A,B\neq \emptyset$)

A function $f : I\subset \Bbb{R} \to \Bbb{R}$ ($I$ is an interval) has the Darboux property if $f([a,b])$ is an interval forall $[a,b]\subset I$.

The proof resembles the proof of Sierpinski's Therem, that any function $f : \Bbb{R} \to \Bbb{R}$ can be written as the sum of two functions each of them having the Darboux property.

My question is:

  • have I proved something new, or it is a known fact that such a function exists?

  • if the proposition is original can it be useful, I mean, can I submit this as an article?

Beni Bogosel
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