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Absolute retracts and kernels of hereditarily unicoherent continua
by
Janusz R. Prajs
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Coauthors: Janusz J. Charatonik, Wlodzimierz J. Charatonik
A subcontinuum K of a hereditarily unicoherent continuum X is called the kernel of X provided that K is minimal with respect to the property that X/K is arcwise connected. Such subcontinuum K is uniquelly determined for any hereditarily unicoherent continuum X. Among other things it is proved that any tree-like continuum is a kernel of an absolute retract for the class of all hereditarily unicoherent continua.
Date received: May 11, 2000
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