Monomorphisms of semigroups of B-rigid local dendrites (Q1820874)

If X is a topological space, then S(X) denotes the semigroup of continuous maps of X into itself under composition. If \(h: X\to Y\) and \(k: Y\to X\) are such that \(k\circ h: X\to X\) is the identity, then the map S(X)\(\to S(Y)\) defined by \(f\to h\circ f\circ k\) is called a natural map. A local dendrite X is said to be B-rigid if it contains at least one branch point and each homeomorphism from X into X fixes each branch point of X. Let X be any local dendrite, \(p\in X\), and let D be any sub- dendrite of X which is a neighbourhood of p. The number of components of D-\(\{\) \(p\}\) is denoted Rank(p,X) and is called the rank of p in X. The author's main theorem states: Let X and Y be local dendrites with finite branch numbers and suppose that X is B-rigid. Then each monomorphism of S(X) into S(Y) is natural if and only if for each copy Z of X contained in Y and each branch point b of Z, \(Rank(b,Z)=Rank(b,Y)\). - There are a number of other related results in this paper including: Let X and Y be spaces. Then there exists a natural monomorphism from S(X) into S(Y) if and only if X is homeomorphic to a retract of Y.