On confluently graph-like compacta

Lex G. Oversteegen¹ ; Janusz R. Prajs²

¹ Department of Mathematics University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294, U.S.A.
² Institute of Mathematics University of Opole Oleska 48 45-052 Opole, Poland and Department of Mathematics Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 83209, U.S.A.

Fundamenta Mathematicae, Tome 178 (2003) no. 2, pp. 109-127

Résumé

For any class ${\mathcal K}$ of compacta and any compactum $X$ we say that: (a) $X$ is confluently ${\mathcal K}$-representable if $X$ is homeomorphic to the inverse limit of an inverse sequence of members of ${\mathcal K}$ with confluent bonding mappings, and (b) $X$ is confluently ${\mathcal K}$-like provided that $X$ admits, for every $\varepsilon >0$, a confluent $\varepsilon $-mapping onto a member of ${\mathcal K}$. The symbol ${\mathbb L}{ \mathbb C}$ stands for the class of all locally connected compacta. It is proved in this paper that for each compactum $X$ and each family ${\mathcal K}$ of graphs, $X$ is confluently ${\mathcal K}$-representable if and only if $X$ is confluently ${\mathcal K}$-like. We also show that for any compactum the properties of: (1) being confluently graph-representable, and (2) being 1-dimensional and confluently ${ \mathbb L}{ \mathbb C}$-like, are equivalent. Consequently, all locally connected curves are confluently graph-representable. We also conclude that all confluently arc-like continua are homeomorphic to inverse limits of arcs with open bonding mappings, and all confluently tree-like continua are absolute retracts for hereditarily unicoherent continua.

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DOI : 10.4064/fm178-2-2

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