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A complete classification of hereditarily equivalent plane continua

General Topology 2018-12-24 v1

Abstract

A continuum is hereditarily equivalent if it is homeomorphic to each of its non-degenerate sub-continua. We show in this paper that the arc and the pseudo-arc are the only non-degenerate hereditarily equivalent plane continua.

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@article{arxiv.1812.08846,
  title  = {A complete classification of hereditarily equivalent plane continua},
  author = {L. C. Hoehn and L. G. Oversteegen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.08846},
  year   = {2018}
}
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