Paper 2, Section I, G

Metric and Topological Spaces
Part IB, 2019

(a) Let f:XYf: X \rightarrow Y be a continuous surjection of topological spaces. Prove that, if XX is connected, then YY is also connected.

(b) Let g:[0,1][0,1]g:[0,1] \rightarrow[0,1] be a continuous map. Deduce from part (a) that, for every yy between g(0)g(0) and g(1)g(1), there is x[0,1]x \in[0,1] such that g(x)=yg(x)=y. [You may not assume the Intermediate Value Theorem, but you may use the fact that suprema exist in R\mathbb{R}.]