let T be non empty TopSpace; :: thesis: for f being continuous RealMap of T
for A being Subset of T st A is connected holds
f .: A is interval

let f be continuous RealMap of T; :: thesis: for A being Subset of T st A is connected holds
f .: A is interval

let A be Subset of T; :: thesis: ( A is connected implies f .: A is interval )
assume A1: A is connected ; :: thesis: f .: A is interval
let r, s be ExtReal; :: according to XXREAL_2:def 12 :: thesis: ( not r in f .: A or not s in f .: A or [.r,s.] c= f .: A )
A2: A c= f " (f .: A) by FUNCT_2:42;
assume A3: r in f .: A ; :: thesis: ( not s in f .: A or [.r,s.] c= f .: A )
then consider p being Point of T such that
A4: p in A and
A5: r = f . p by FUNCT_2:65;
assume A6: s in f .: A ; :: thesis: [.r,s.] c= f .: A
then consider q being Point of T such that
A7: q in A and
A8: s = f . q by FUNCT_2:65;
assume A9: not [.r,s.] c= f .: A ; :: thesis: contradiction
reconsider r = r, s = s as Real by A3, A6;
consider t being Element of REAL such that
A10: t in [.r,s.] and
A11: not t in f .: A by A9;
reconsider r = r, s = s, t = t as Real ;
set P1 = f " (left_open_halfline t);
set Q1 = f " (right_open_halfline t);
set P = (f " (left_open_halfline t)) /\ A;
set Q = (f " (right_open_halfline t)) /\ A;
set X = (left_open_halfline t) \/ (right_open_halfline t);
A12: f " (right_open_halfline t) is open by PSCOMP_1:8;
t <= s by A10, XXREAL_1:1;
then A13: t < s by A6, A11, XXREAL_0:1;
right_open_halfline t = { r1 where r1 is Real : t < r1 } by XXREAL_1:230;
then s in right_open_halfline t by A13;
then q in f " (right_open_halfline t) by A8, FUNCT_2:38;
then A14: (f " (right_open_halfline t)) /\ A <> {} T by A7, XBOOLE_0:def 4;
(left_open_halfline t) /\ (right_open_halfline t) = ].t,t.[ by XXREAL_1:269
.= {} by XXREAL_1:28 ;
then left_open_halfline t misses right_open_halfline t ;
then f " (left_open_halfline t) misses f " (right_open_halfline t) by FUNCT_1:71;
then (f " (left_open_halfline t)) /\ (f " (right_open_halfline t)) = {} ;
then A15: (f " (left_open_halfline t)) /\ (f " (right_open_halfline t)) misses ((f " (left_open_halfline t)) /\ A) \/ ((f " (right_open_halfline t)) /\ A) ;
reconsider Y = {t} as Subset of REAL ;
Y ` = REAL \ [.t,t.] by XXREAL_1:17
.= (left_open_halfline t) \/ (right_open_halfline t) by XXREAL_1:385 ;
then A16: (f " Y) ` = f " ((left_open_halfline t) \/ (right_open_halfline t)) by FUNCT_2:100
.= (f " (left_open_halfline t)) \/ (f " (right_open_halfline t)) by RELAT_1:140 ;
f " {t} misses f " (f .: A) by A11, FUNCT_1:71, ZFMISC_1:50;
then f " {t} misses A by A2, XBOOLE_1:63;
then A c= (f " (left_open_halfline t)) \/ (f " (right_open_halfline t)) by A16, SUBSET_1:23;
then A17: A = A /\ ((f " (left_open_halfline t)) \/ (f " (right_open_halfline t))) by XBOOLE_1:28
.= ((f " (left_open_halfline t)) /\ A) \/ ((f " (right_open_halfline t)) /\ A) by XBOOLE_1:23 ;
A18: (f " (left_open_halfline t)) /\ A c= f " (left_open_halfline t) by XBOOLE_1:17;
r <= t by A10, XXREAL_1:1;
then A19: r < t by A3, A11, XXREAL_0:1;
left_open_halfline t = { r1 where r1 is Real : r1 < t } by XXREAL_1:229;
then r in left_open_halfline t by A19;
then p in f " (left_open_halfline t) by A5, FUNCT_2:38;
then A20: (f " (left_open_halfline t)) /\ A <> {} T by A4, XBOOLE_0:def 4;
A21: (f " (right_open_halfline t)) /\ A c= f " (right_open_halfline t) by XBOOLE_1:17;
f " (left_open_halfline t) is open by PSCOMP_1:8;
then (f " (left_open_halfline t)) /\ A,(f " (right_open_halfline t)) /\ A are_separated by A12, A18, A21, A15, TSEP_1:45;
hence contradiction by A1, A17, A20, A14, CONNSP_1:15; :: thesis: verum