INVARIANCE OF DOMAIN THEOREM FOR DEMICONTINUOUS MAPPINGS OF TYPE ( $S_+$)

Wellknown invariance of domain theorems are Brower's invariance of domain theorem for continuous mappings defined on a finite dimensional space and Schauder-Leray's invariance of domain theorem for the class of mappings I+C defined on a infinite dimensional Banach space with I the identity and C compact. The two classical invariance of domain theorems were proved by applying the homotopy invariance of Brower's degree and Leray-Schauder's degree respectively. Degree theory for some class of mappings is a useful tool for mapping theorems. And mapping theorems (or surjectivity theorems of mappings) are closely related with invariance of domain theorems for mappings. In[4, 5], Browder and Petryshyn constructed a multi-valued degree theory for A-proper mappings. From this degree Petryshyn [9] obtained some invariance of domain theorems for locally A-proper mappings. Recently Browder [6] has developed a degree theory for demicontinuous mapings of type ( $S_{+}$) from a reflexive Banach space X to its dual $X^{*}$. By applying this degree we obtain some invariance of domain theorems for demicontinuous mappings of type ( $S_{+}$). ( $S_{+}$).