Paths in hyperspaces

<p>We prove that the hyperspace of closed bounded sets with the Hausdor_ topology, over an almost convex metric space, is an absolute retract. Dense subspaces of normed linear spaces are examples of, not necessarily connected, almost convex metric spaces. We give some necessary conditions for the path-wise connectedness of the Hausdorff metric topology on closed bounded sets. Finally, we describe properties of a separable metric space, under which its hyperspace with the Wijsman topology is path-wise connected.</p>

On Mosco convergence of convex sets

We present a natural topology compatible with the Mosco convergence of sequences of closed convex sets in a reflexive space, and characterise the topology in terms of the continuity of the distance between convex sets and fixed weakly compact ones. When the space is separable, the topology is Polish. As an application, we show that in this context, most closed convex sets are almost Chebyshev, a result that fails for the stronger Hausdorff metric topology.