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Stable Homeomorphisms of the Pseudo-Arc

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Wayne Lewis
Wayne Lewis*
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Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
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Noting that certain restrictions are placed on homeomorphisms of the pseudo-arc, since it is hereditarily indecomposable, in 1955 [4] R. H. Bing asked if the identity is the only stable homeomorphism of the pseudo-arc. In this paper we prove the following theorem.

THEOREM. Let U be an open subset of the pseudo-arc P. Let p and q be distinct points of P such that the subcontinuum M irreducible between p and q does not intersect cl(U). Then there exists a homeomorphism h : P → P with h (p) = q andh│U = 1U.

1. Definitions. A chain C is a collection of open sets C = {C(i))}i≧n such that C(i) ∩ C(j) ≠ ∅ if and only if |i – j| ≦ 1, cl|(C(i)) ∩ cl(C(j)) ≠ ∅ if and only if |i – j| ≦ 1, C(0) – C(l) ≠ ∅, and C(n) – C(n – 1) ≠ ∅. Each C(i) is called a link of C.

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , 01 April 1979 , pp. 363 - 374
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1979

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