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Continuity of inf function

Let X,Y be topological spaces, Y is compact and f:X\times Y\to \mathbb{R} be a continuous function. Define g(x)=\inf_{y\in Y}f(x,y) Then g is continuous. \textbf{Proof}. It is enough to check that for all real a the sets g^{-1}((-\infty,a)) and g^{-1}((a,\infty)) are both open in X. First rewrite g^{-1}((-\infty,a))=\{x\in X\ | \ \inf_{y\in Y}f(x,y)<a\}=\{x\in X\ | \ \exists y\in Y, f(x,y)<a\}. Observe that \{x\in X\ | \ \exists y\in Y, f(x,y)<a\}=\bigcup_{y_0\in Y}\{x\in X\ | \ f(x,y_0)<a\}. Since f is continuous, the function h_{y_0}(x)=f(x,y_0) is continuous as well. This means that the set \{x\in X\ | \ f(x,y_0)<a\} is open (being preimage of the open interval (-\infty,a) under the continuous function h_{y_0}). Hence \{x\in X\ | \ \exists y\in Y, f(x,y)<a\} is a union of open sets - thus it is open. Now g^{-1}((a,\infty))=\{x\in X\ | \ \inf_{y\in Y}f(x,y)>a\}. Denote $$V_n=\left\{x\in X\ | \ \forall y\in Y,\...