Characterizing metric spaces whose hyperspaces are absolute neighborhood retracts (Q886290)

A metric space is chain equi-connected if for every \(\eta>0\) there is a positive integer \(L\) such that every \(x,y\) in \(X\) can be connected by an \(\eta\)-chain of length \(\leq L\), and uniformly locally chain equi-connected if for every \(\varepsilon>0\) there exists \(\delta>0\) such that for every \(\eta>0\) there is a positive integer \(L\) such that any points \(x,y\) in \(X\) with \(d(x,y)<\delta\) can be connected by an \(\eta\)-chain of diameter \(<\varepsilon\) and length \(\leq L\). Among other valuable observations, the authors prove that the hyperspace \(2^X\) of all non-empty closed subsets of a metric space \(X\) (endowed with the Hausdorff metric) is an ANR (and AR) if and only if \(X\) is uniformly locally chain equi-connected (and chain equi-connected). This result includes the converse of a theorem of \textit{M. Kurihara, K. Sakai} and \textit{M. Yaguchi} [J. Math. Soc. Japan 57(2), 523--535 (2005; Zbl 1075.54007)] which demonstrates that a uniformly local \(C^*\)-connected bounded metric space \(X\) has \(2^X\) as an absolute neighbourhood retract.