On the Moore-Menger theorem (Q1917161): Difference between revisions

\textit{R. L. Moore} and \textit{K. Menger} proved that if \((X, \rho)\) is a connected locally connected complete metric space, then \((X, \rho)\) is arcwise connected and locally arcwise connected. Simple examples suffice to show that neither the hypothesis of connectedness nor that of local connectedness can be omitted. It is here shown that the third hypothesis, completeness, also cannot be omitted. A highly non-trivial example is constructed which is noncomplete, connected, locally connected, separable and metric, but which contains no arc. The starting point is a modification of the Knaster-Kuratowski fan [\textit{R. Engelking}, General topology (1977; Zbl 0373.54002), p. 466].