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

Minc, Piotr

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02570-2

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