Hyperspaces and complete invariance property (Q2815569)

A topological space \(X\) possesses the complete invariance property if every nonempty closed subset of \(X\) is the fixed point set of some continuous self map of \(X\). A global flow \(\phi\) on a metric space \((X,d)\) is called uniform if there is a \(C>0\) such that \(d(x,\phi_tx)\leq C|t|\) for all \((x,t)\in X\times\mathbb{R}\) and if there is a \(p\geq0\) such that \(\phi_tx=x\) iff \(t\in p\mathbb{Z}\). The author proves that any metric space with a uniform flow has the complete invariance property. As to hyperspaces, the author shows that for a noncompact metric space with a uniform flow satisfying \(\phi_t(A)=A\) for a nonempty compact subset \(A\) of \(X\) iff \(t=0\) we have that the space of all nonempty compact subset of \(X\) endowed with the Hausdorff metric has the complete invariance property.