Some results on maps that factor through a tree (Q2340100)

A tree is a metric space \(T\) that is uniquely arc-connected, i.e., for different points \(p, p' \in T \) there is an embedding \(\gamma: [0,1]\rightarrow T\) with \(\gamma(0)=p, \gamma(1)=p'\) and any other such embedding is a reparameterization of \(\gamma\). Let \(\varphi : X \rightarrow Y\) be a uniformly continuous map between metric spaces. The mapping \(\varphi\) is said to have Property (T) if for all \(x, x' \in X\) with \(\varphi (x) \neq \varphi(x')\) there is a point \(y \in Y \backslash \{ \varphi(x), \varphi(x')\}\) such that for any curve \(\gamma: [0, 1] \rightarrow X\) connecting \(x\) with \(x', y\) is contained in \(\text{im}(\varphi\circ\gamma)\). The author characterizes maps \(\varphi\) which factor through a tree. The Property (T) is frequently used throughout the paper. Theorem 1.2 gives a characterization of Property (T).