The nonexistence of expansive homeomorphisms of Peano continua in the plane (Q749912)

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The nonexistence of expansive homeomorphisms of Peano continua in the plane
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    The nonexistence of expansive homeomorphisms of Peano continua in the plane (English)
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    A homeomorphism \(f:X\to X\) of a metric space is called expansive provided there is \(c>0\) such that if x,y are two elements of X then there exists \(n\in {\mathbb{Z}}\) for which \(d(f^ n(x),f^ n(y))>c\). The author proves that planar Peano continua do not admit expansive homeomorphisms. There are open questions posed as problems, one of which is: does there exist a plane continuum which admits an expansive homeomorphism? It is noted, however, that \textit{M. Barge} has informed the author that such an example exists.
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    dendrite
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    theta-curve
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    expansive homeomorphisms
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    plane continuum
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