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Darboux retracts
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by Fred Roush, Richard G. Gibson and Kenneth R. Kellum PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 79 (1980), 491-494 Request permission

Abstract:

Darboux retracts are defined, and it is proved that any continuum contained in a separable metric space is a Darboux retract. This leads immediately to a very general extension theorem.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1980 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 79 (1980), 491-494
  • MSC: Primary 54C08; Secondary 54C15, 54C20
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1980-0568000-6
  • MathSciNet review: 568000