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It is proved that ifX andY are linear spaces andF :X →p(Y) is a set-valued map with convex graph such thatF(x) ≠ Ø for allx ∈X andF(x 0) is a singleton for somex 0, thenF is single-valued and affine. Applications to metric projections and to adjoints of set-valued maps are given.
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Supported by NSF Grant DMS-9100228.
The main result of this paper has been obtained while the second author was visiting the Pennsylvania State University in the framework of the exchange agreement between the Romanian Academy and the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.
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Deutsch, F., Singer, I. On single-valuedness of convex set-valued maps. Set-Valued Anal 1, 97–103 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01039295
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