A short proof of nonhomogeneity of the pseudo-circle

Kuperberg, Krystyna; Gammon, Kevin

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09605-6

A short proof of nonhomogeneity of the pseudo-circle
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by Krystyna Kuperberg and Kevin Gammon

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 1149-1152

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09605-6

Published electronically: September 17, 2008

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Abstract:

The pseudo-circle is known to be nonhomogeneous. The original proofs of this fact were discovered independently by L. Fearnley and J. T. Rogers, Jr. The purpose of this paper is to provide an alternative, very short proof based on a result of D. Bellamy and W. Lewis.

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