Local connectedness of inverse limits (Q2324534)

In inverse limits, some topological properties are preserved if the bonding mappings are members of some certain classes. For example, \textit{C. E. Capel} [Duke Math. J. 21, 233--245 (1954; Zbl 0055.41206)] showed that local connectedness is preserved by inverse limits if the bonding functions are monotone. Similarly, the property of Kelley is preserved if the bonding mappings are confluent (see [\textit{W. J. Charatonik}, Commentat. Math. Univ. Carol. 23, 183--191 (1982; Zbl 0486.54029)]). Much less is known about which properties are preserved under inverse limits with multivalued bonding functions. Some theorems about connectedness of these inverse limits exist in [\textit{W. T. Ingram} and \textit{W. S. Mahavier}, Inverse limits. From continua to chaos. Berlin: Springer (2012; Zbl 1234.54002), \textit{V. Nall}, Topol. Proc. 40, 167--177 (2012; Zbl 1261.54023) and \textit{S. Greenwood} and \textit{J. Kennedy}, Fundam. Math. 236, No. 1, 1--43 (2017; Zbl 1370.54017)]. \textit{J. P. Kelly} [Topology Appl. 228, 486--500 (2017; Zbl 1378.54033)] showed that the inverse limit of intervals is locally connected if the bonding functions have connected images and preimages of points. In the present paper, the authors generalize this theorem by showing that the inverse limit of locally connected continua with bonding functions whose graphs are locally connected and preimages of points are connected is locally connected. Finally, the authors give several examples of applications of the above theorem. As a consequence they can characterize some set-valued inverse limits on intervals.