Abstract
A continuous map \(X\mathop \to \limits^f Y\) and its extension \({{\exp }_{\tau }}X\mathop \to \limits^{\bar {f}} {{\exp }_{\tau }}Y\) are considered ( \({{\exp }_{\tau }}X\) is the hyperspace (endowed with a topology \(\tau \) ) of the topological space \(X\) , \(\bar {f}(F) = [f(F{{)]}_{Y}}\) (the closure of a set \(f(F)\) in the space \(Y\) )). A necessary and sufficient condition (a modification of the Harris (WO) condition) of continuity of the map \(\bar {f}\) in the cases when \(\tau = {{\tau }_{{{\text{LF}}}}}\) (the locally finite topology) and \(\tau = {{\tau }_{{\text{F}}}}\) (the Fell topology) is found. When \(X\) and \(Y\) are metrizable spaces, the topology \({{\tau }_{{\inf }}}\) , as the infimum of all Hausdorff metric topologies, is considered. A sufficient condition (the TUC condition) of continuity of the map \(\bar {f}\) in the case when \(\tau = {{\tau }_{{\inf }}}\) is found. It is also shown that this condition is necessary when the space \(Y\) is locally compact and second countable. The results are commented from the point of view of the category theory.