A hereditarily indecomposable tree-like continuum without the fixed point property

1998/06/17 by Piotr Minc, Minc, Piotr
Mathematics · #54F15 #54H25 #Advanced Topology and Set Theory #FOS: Mathematics #General Topology (math.GN) #Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals #math.GN #msc:54F15 #msc:54H25

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/9806092

16 pages

arxiv created 1998/06/17 · openalex publication_date 1998/06/17 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A hereditarily indecomposable tree-like continuum without the fixed point property is constructed. The example answers a question of Knaster and Bellamy.

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