Differentiable maps with isolated critical points are not necessarily open in infinite dimensional spaces
(2021)
Journal Article
Feng, C., & Li, L. (2022). Differentiable maps with isolated critical points are not necessarily open in infinite dimensional spaces. Advances in operator theory, 7, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43036-021-00170-1
Saint Raymond asked whether continuously differentiable maps with isolated critical points are necessarily open in infinite dimensional (Hilbert) spaces. We answer this question negatively by constructing counterexamples in various settings including... Read More about Differentiable maps with isolated critical points are not necessarily open in infinite dimensional spaces.