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# Topological equivalence to a projection

### Abstract

We present a necessary and sufficient condition for a continuous function on a plane to be topologically equivalent to a projection onto one of the coordinates.

Key words: Topological equivalence, projection.

### Article Information

 Title Topological equivalence to a projection Source Methods Funct. Anal. Topology, Vol. 21 (2015), no. 1, 3-5 MathSciNet 3407916 zbMATH 06533463 Milestones Received 25/11/2014 Copyright The Author(s) 2015 (CC BY-SA)

### Authors Information

V. V. Sharko
Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 3 Tereshchenkivs'ka, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine

Yu. Yu. Soroka
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

### Citation Example

V. V. Sharko and Yu. Yu. Soroka, Topological equivalence to a projection, Methods Funct. Anal. Topology 21 (2015), no. 1, 3-5.

### BibTex

@article {MFAT762,
AUTHOR = {Sharko, V. V. and Soroka, Yu. Yu.},
TITLE = {Topological equivalence to a projection},
JOURNAL = {Methods Funct. Anal. Topology},
FJOURNAL = {Methods of Functional Analysis and Topology},
VOLUME = {21},
YEAR = {2015},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {3-5},
ISSN = {1029-3531},
MRNUMBER = {3407916},
ZBLNUMBER = {06533463},
URL = {http://mfat.imath.kiev.ua/article/?id=762},
}

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