Mappings and spaces defined by the function epsilon (Q2049862)

A continuum is a compact and connected metric space. Given a continuum \(X\), \(C(X)\) denotes the hyperspace of all nonempty closed and connected subsets of \(X\), equipped with the Hausdorff metric. For a given continuum \(X\) the function \(\epsilon_X:X\to C^{2}(X)\) is given by \[\epsilon_{X}(x)=\textrm{cl}\{K\in C(X):x\in\textrm{int}K\},\] where \(C^{2}(X)=C(C(X))\). In the paper under review the authors consider the class \(S(\epsilon)\) of all continua determined by continuity of \(\epsilon_{X}\) and the class \(M(\epsilon)\) of mappings between continua \(f:X\to Y\) such that \(\epsilon_{Y}\circ f=C^{2}(f)\circ \epsilon_{X}\). The general purpose of the article is the study of spaces in \(S(\epsilon)\) and mappings in \(M(\epsilon)\). Amongst others, the authors determine within a class of continua or mappings, those of their elements in \(S(\epsilon)\) or \(M(\epsilon)\), respectively. In addition, the authors present a good number of examples that show the importance of the hypotheses in the results shown.