k-to-1 images of dendrites (Q1116113)

Necessary conditions for a locally connected continuum to be the finitely discontinuous k-to-1 image of a dendrite for some \(k\geq 2\) are given, namely that it must be 1-dimensional, that it must contain a simple closed curve, and that it can not contain uncountably many disjoint arcs. Sufficient conditions for a continuum to be the continuous k-to-1 image of a dendrite for all \(k\geq 2\) are given, namely that it be a local dendrite that contains a simple closed curve (done by Miklos for \(k=4)\); or that it contain a subcontinuum that is such an image that also contains all of the junction points; or that it decompose in any of several special ways into pieces that are either dendrites or dendrite images.