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IJMMS 28:8 (2001) 469–478 PII. S0161171201006640 © Hindawi Publishing Corp. SLIGHTLY β-CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS TAKASHI NOIRI (Received 1 September 2000 and in revised form 30 January 2001) Abstract. We define a function f : X → Y to be slightly β-continuous if for every clopen set V of Y , f −1 (V ) ⊂ Cl (Int (Cl (f −1 (V )))). We obtain several properties of such a function. Especially, we define the notion of ultra-regularizations of a topology and obtain interest- ing characterizations of slightly β-continuous functions by using it. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 54C08. 1. Introduction. Semi-open sets, preopen sets, α-sets, and β-open sets play an im- portant role in the researches of generalizations of continuity in topological spaces. By using these sets many authors introduced and studied various types of general- izations of continuity. In 1980 Jain [ 15] introduced the notion of slightly continuous functions. Recently, Nour [24] defined slightly semi-continuous functions as a weak form of slight continuity and investigated the functions. Quite recently, Noiri and Chae [23] have further investigated slightly semi-continuous functions. On the other hand, Pal and Bhattacharyya [7] defined a function to be faintly precontinuous if the preimages of each clopen set of the codomain is preopen and obtained many proper- ties of such functions. Slight continuity implies both slight semi-continuity and faint precontinuity but not conversely. In this paper, we introduce the notion of slight β-continuity which is implied by both slight semi-continuity and faint precontinuity. We establish several properties of such functions. Especially, we define the notion of ultra-regularization of a topology and obtain interesting characterizations of slight β-continuity, slight semi-continuity,