International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 9 (1986), Issue 4, Pages 715-720
doi:10.1155/S0161171286000856

Characterizations of some near-continuous functions and near-open functions

C.W. Baker

Department of Mathematics, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany 47150, Indiana, USA

Abstract

A subset N of a topological space is defined to be a θ-neighborhood of x if there exists an open set U such that xUC1UN. This concept is used to characterize the following types of functions: weakly continuous, θ-continuous, strongly θ-continuous, almost strongly θ-continuous, weakly δ-continuous, weakly open and almost open functions. Additional characterizations are given for weakly δ-continuous functions. The concept of θ-neighborhood is also used to define the following types of open maps: θ-open, strongly θ-open, almost strongly θ-open, and weakly δ-open functions.