Induced mappings on \(C_n(X)/C_{n_K}(X)\) (Q2126874)

A \textit{continuum} is a compact, connected and nonempty metric space. Given a continuum \(X\) and \(n\in\mathbb{N}\), \(C_{n}(X)\) denotes the hyperspace of all nonempty closed subsets of \(X\) with at most \(n\) components. Also, given a compact subset of \(X\), \(C_{nK}(X)\) denotes the subset of \(C_{n}(X)\) of all elements containing \(K\). Since \(C_{nK}(X)\) is a subcontinuum of \(C_{n}(X)\), the authors consider the quotient space \(C^{n}_{K}(X)=C_{n}(X)/C_{nK}(X)\). Given a mapping between continua, \(f:X\to Y\), \(C_{n}(f)\) denotes the natural induced mapping by \(f\) between \(C_{n}(X)\) and \(C_{n}(Y)\) given by \(C_{n}(f)(A)=f(A)\) for each \(A\in C_{n}(X)\). In the paper under review, the authors consider an induced mapping by \(C_{n}(f)\), between the quotient \(C^{n}_{K}(X)\) and \(C^{n}_{f(K)}(Y)\), this mapping is denoted by \(C^{n}_{K}(f)\). The authors study relationships among the mappings \(f\), \(C_{n}(f)\) and \(C^{n}_{K}(f)\) for the following classes of mappings: almost monotone, atriodic, confluent, joining, light, monotone, open, OM, pseudo-confluent, quasi-monotone, semi-confluent, strongly freely decomposable, weakly confluent, and weakly monotone.