Hyperspaces of generalized continua which are infinite cylinders (Q2329335)

A continuum is a compact connected metric space. A generalized continuum is a locally compact, non-compact, separable, connected and metrizable space. If \(X\) is either a continuum or a generalized continuum, the hyperspace of subcontinua of \(X\) is denoted by \(C(X)\) and is endowed with the Hausdorff metric. If \(X\) is a continuum, \(C(X)\) has the cone=hyperspace property if there exists a homeomorphism \(h:C(X)\rightarrow \text{cone}(X)\) such that \(h(\{x\})=(x,0)\) for each \(x\in X\) and \(h(X)=\) vertex of cone\((X)\). Continua \(X\) for which \(C(X)\) has the cone=hyperspace property have been largely studied since the 1970's. A very complete account of what is known on this topic can be found in [\textit{A. Illanes} and \textit{S. B. Nadler Jr.}, Hyperspaces: fundamentals and recent advances. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker (1999; Zbl 0933.54009)]. In the paper under review, the authors define the natural extension of this concept for the case of generalized continua as follows: a generalized continuum is in class \textbf{Cyl} if there exists a homeomorphism \(h:C(X)\rightarrow X\times \mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}\) such that \(h({x})=(x,0)\) for each \(x\in X\). The authors show that many of the results for the compact case can be naturally extended to generalized continua. So, they work on three lines. -- Equivalences. They prove a characterization for a generalized continuum to be in \textbf{Cyl} in terms of selections and compactwise Whitney maps, similar to the one given by the reviewer for the cone=hyperspace property. -- Sufficient conditions. Among other results they prove that if \(X\) is a \(1\)-dimensional generalized continuum with the Kelley property and such that all of its constituants are homeomorphic to the real line, then \(X\) is in \textbf{Cyl}. As a corollary of this result, they obtain that there exist uncountably many hereditarily decomposable continua in \textbf{Cyl}. This result is in contrast with Nadler's result for the compact case that says that there are only eight hereditarily decomposable continua \(X\) for which \(C(X)\) is homeomorphic to cone\((X)\). -- Obstructions to being in the class \textbf{Cyl}. They show that, as in the metric case, if a generalized continuum \(X\) is of type \(N\) at some of its subcontinua or if \(X\) contains an \(R^{3}\)-point, then \(X\) does not belong to the class \textbf{Cyl}.