The Baire property of certain hypo-graph spaces

Abstract

Let X be a compact metrizable space and Y be a nondegenerate dendrite with an end point 0. For each continuous function f : X ! Y , we define the hypo-graph # f 1⁄4 6 x AX fxg 1⁄20; f ðxÞ of f , where 1⁄20; f ðxÞ is the unique path from 0 to f ðxÞ in Y . Then we can regard #CðX ;Y Þ 1⁄4 f# f j f : X ! Y is continuousg as a subspace of the hyperspace consisting of non-empty closed sets in X Y equipped with the Vietoris topology. In this paper, we prove that #CðX ;Y Þ is a Baire space if and only if the set of isolated points of X is dense.