Indecomposable inverse limits on graphs

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The paper under review is devoted to the study of the indecomposability of inverse limits on graphs via properties of bonding mappings. Recall that an arc is a homeomorphic image of a unit interval. A finite connected union of arcs that can intersect exclusively at endpoints is a topological graph. Following the lead of \textit{D. P. Kuykendall} [Fundam. Math. 80, 265--270 (1973; Zbl 0285.54026)] on indecomposability in inverse limits, the author defines a 3-point property in a graph $G$ as the existence of 3 points $a,b,c$ each of which is an endpoint of an arc in a collection $J$ of arcs in $G$ with the property that each arc in $G$ with endpoints from the set $\{a,b,c\}$ contains a member of $J$. A collection $J$ of arcs in $G$ is decomposition saturated in $G$ if for any two subcontinua $A$ and $B$ of $G$, such that $G$ is the union of $A$ and $B$, there exists a member $J(m)$ of the collection $J$ which is entirely contained in either $A$ or $B$. A collection $J$ of arcs in a graph $G$ that has the 3-endpoint property is decomposition saturated. The indecomposability results of both Kuykendall [loc. cit.] and \textit{A. van Heemert} [Die \(R_n\)-adische Entwicklung von allgemein-topologischen Räumen mit Anwendungen auf die Konstruktion nichtzerlegbarer Kontinuen (Dutch). Univ. of Groningen (Diss.) (1943; Zbl 0060.39906)] are applied for the case of the inverse limit of graphs.\N\NThe author's own results from [\textit{M. Marsh}, Rocky Mt. J. Math. 51, No. 4, 1349--1368 (2021; Zbl 1486.54028)] are generalized to obtain several conditions equivalent to the 3-point property for the case of a 2-element sequence of unique arcs in a graph $G$, which in turn allows for yet another sufficient condition for indecomposability of an inverse limit of graphs. Furthermore, Ingram's indecomposability theorem for inverse limit of trees [\textit{W. T. Ingram}, Topol. Proc. 29, No. 1, 175--183 (2005; Zbl 1095.54017)] is generalized for a restricted case of graphs. Finally, several known examples of indecomposable continua are studied through the prism of bonding maps. Overall, the paper can be used as a thorough expository material on the subject.



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