A compactum that cannot be an attractor of a self-map on a manifold

Günther, Bernd

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1994-1170544-3

A compactum that cannot be an attractor of a self-map on a manifold
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 120 (1994), 653-655 Request permission

Abstract:

A one-dimensional compactum (in fact, a certain solinoid) is constructed, such that there does not exist a self-map on a manifold having this compactum as attractor.

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