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Semicontinuity and Continuity Under Composition with a Continuous Map

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Let (X,dX)(X,d_X) and (Y,dY)(Y,d_Y) be metric spaces, let A⊆XA\subseteq X and B⊆YB\subseteq Y, and let R\mathbb{R} be the set of real numbers with the addition and the order ≤\le of its ordered field structure, regarded as a metric space through the metric dRd_{\mathbb{R}} of The Absolute Value Metric on the Real Numbers.

Let g:B→Xg:B\to X be continuous on BB relative to BB and satisfy g(y)∈Ag(y)\in A for every y∈By\in B, let u:A→Ru:A\to\mathbb{R}, and let u∘g:B→Ru\circ g:B\to\mathbb{R} be the function with (u∘g)(y)=u(g(y))(u\circ g)(y)=u(g(y)) for y∈By\in B. Then the following hold.

1. If uu is upper semicontinuous on AA, then u∘gu\circ g is upper semicontinuous on BB.

2. If uu is lower semicontinuous on AA, then u∘gu\circ g is lower semicontinuous on BB.

3. If uu is continuous on AA relative to AA, as a map into (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}), then u∘gu\circ g is continuous on BB relative to BB.

4. (Restriction) Let C⊆AC\subseteq A and let u∣C:C→Ru|_{C}:C\to\mathbb{R} be the function with u∣C(c)=u(c)u|_{C}(c)=u(c) for c∈Cc\in C. If uu is upper semicontinuous on AA, then u∣Cu|_{C} is upper semicontinuous on CC; if uu is lower semicontinuous on AA, then u∣Cu|_{C} is lower semicontinuous on CC; and if uu is continuous on AA relative to AA, then u∣Cu|_{C} is continuous on CC relative to CC.

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