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We give mapping theorems for certain families of rigid continua; i.e., we prove a mapping theorem for stars, paths and cycles of Cook continua. We also introduce the degree of rigidity of a continuum, the notion of \(\frac{1}{n}\)-rigid continua and prove some existence theorems for \(\frac{1}{n}\)-rigid continua. We also construct a non-trivial infinite family of pairwise non-homeomorphic continua X with the property that for any sequence \((f_n)\) of continuous surjections \(f_n:X\rightarrow X\), the inverse limit \(\varprojlim \{X,f_i\}_{i=1}^{\infty }\) is homeomorphic to X. Explicitly, we show that for each positive integer n, every \(\frac{1}{n}\)-rigid continuum has this property.
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Banič, I., Kac, T. Mapping Theorems for Rigid Continua and Their Inverse Limits. Qual. Theory Dyn. Syst. 21, 117 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12346-022-00647-1
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Keywords
- Continua
- Cook continua
- Rigid continua
- Degree of rigidity
- Stars of continua
- Paths of continua
- Cycles of continua