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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
A σ-discrete set in a topological space is a set which is a countable union of discrete closed subsets. A mapping ƒ : X ⟶ Y from a topological space X into a topological space Y is said to be σ-discrete (countable) if each fibre ƒ-1(y), y ϵ Y is σ-discrete (countable). In 1936, Alexandroff showed that every open map of a bounded multiplicity between Hausdorff spaces is a local homeomorphism on a dense open subset of the domain [2].