English

Smooth fans that are endpoint rigid

General Topology 2024-01-08 v2

Abstract

Let XX be a smooth fan and denote its set of endpoints by E(X)E(X). Let EE be one of the following spaces: the natural numbers, the irrational numbers, or the product of the Cantor set with the natural numbers. We prove that there is a smooth fan XX such that E(X)E(X) is homeomorphic to EE and for every homeomorphism h ⁣:XXh \colon X \to X, the restriction of hh to E(X)E(X) is the identity. On the other hand, we also prove that if XX is any smooth fan such that E(X)E(X) is homeomorphic to complete Erd\H{o}s space, then XX is necessarily homeomorphic to the Lelek fan; this adds to a 1989 result by W{\l}odzimierz Charatonik.

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@article{arxiv.2206.12776,
  title  = {Smooth fans that are endpoint rigid},
  author = {Rodrigo Hernández-Gutiérrez and Logan C. Hoehn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.12776},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

15 pages, 4 figures

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