In this paper, we introduce the concept of free abstract fuzzy economy and, using Wu’s existence theorem of maximal elements for lower semicontinuous correspondences [26] and Kim and Lee’s existence theorems of best proximity pairs [14], we prove the existence of fuzzy equilibrium pairs for free abstract fuzzy economies first with upper semicontinuous and then with lower semicontinuous constrai...

In this paper we present a topology on the space of real-valued functions defined on a functionally Hausdorff space X that is finer than the topology of pointwise convergence and for which (1) the closure of the set of continuous functions C(X) is the set of upper semicontinuous functions on X , and (2) the pointwise convergence of a net in C(X) to an upper semicontinuous limit automatically en...

In this paper, we generalize the upper bound in Varadhan’s Lemma. The standard formulation of Varadhan’s Lemma contains two important elements, namely an upper semicontinuous integrand and a rate function with compact sublevel sets. However, motivated by results from queueing theory, in this paper we do not assume that rate functions have compact sublevel sets. Moreover, we drop the assumption ...

In general, the value function associated with an exit time problem is a discontin-uous function. We prove that the lower (upper) semicontinuous envelope of the value function is a supersolution (subsolution) of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation involving the proximal subdiierentials (superdiierentials) with subdiierential type (superdiierential type) mixed boundary condition. We also show that if t...

In general, the value function associated with an exit time problem is a discontinuous function. We prove that the lower (upper) semicontinuous envelope of the value function is a supersolution (subsolution) of the Hamilton–Jacobi equation involving the proximal subdifferentials (superdifferentials) with subdifferential-type (superdifferential-type) mixed boundary condition. We also show that i...

This note aims at presenting the most general framework for a class U of random upper semicontinuous functions, namely random elements whose sample paths are upper semicontinuous (u.s.c.) functions, defined on some locally compact, Hausdorff and second countable base space, extending Matheron’s framework for random closed sets. It is shown that while the natural embedding process does not provi...

1. Introduction. R. H. Bing showed that an upper semicontinuous decomposition of £3 into points and tame arcs did not necessarily produce a decomposition space topologically equivalent to E3 [1J. M. L. Curtis and R. L. Wilder showed [2] that the decomposition space of Bing was a homotopy manifold, thus negatively answering a question proposed by Griffiths [3J. R. Rosen recently announced [4] a ...