Arc-like and circle-like almost continuous images of Peano continua (Q2701855)

A function \(f:X\to Y\) is said to be almost continuous provided that each neighborhood of the graph of \(f\) in \(X\times Y\) contains the graph of a continuous function \(g:X\to Y\). A continuum means a nonempty, compact, connected, metric space. A path is a continuous image of \([0,1]\). The following properties of a space \(Y\) are considered: (1) \(Y\) is almost arcwise connected (i.e., for every two nonempty open sets in \(Y\) there is an arc that intersect each of them); (2) \(Y\) is almost Peano (i.e., for each finite family of open sets in \(Y\) there is a path that intersects each of them); (3) \(Y\) has a dense arc component; (4) \(Y\) is an almost continuous image of any nondegenerate Peano continuum. The following results are proved:NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEI. If \(Y\) is an arc-like continuum, then (1), (2) and (4) are equivalent.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEII. If \(Y\) is a decomposable, unicoherent, atriodic continuum, then (1)--(4) are equivalent.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIII. If \(Y\) is a decomposable, circle-like continuum, then (2)--(4) are equivalent.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIV. If \(Y\) is a circle-like continuum such that each indecomposable subcontinuum of \(Y\) is nowhere dense in \(Y\), then (1)--(4) are equivalent.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEExamples are presented showing that the assumptions are necessary.