Strong uniform continuity

Let B be an ideal of subsets of a metric space 〈 X, d 〉. This paper considers a strengthening of the notion of uniform continuity of a function restricted to members of B which reduces to ordinary continuity when B consists of the finite subsets of X and agrees with uniform continuity on members of B when B is either the power set of X or the family of compact subsets of X. The paper also presents new function space topologies that are well suited to this strengthening. As a consequence of the general theory, we display necessary and sufficient conditions for continuity of the pointwise limit of a net of continuous functions. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.