Inverse limits as attractors in parameterized families (Q2854236)

Let \(\{f_t\}_{t\in I}\) be a continuous family of selfmaps of a compact metric space \(X\) where \(I\) is a compact space of parameters. The corresponding fat map \(F: X\times I\to X\times I\) is defined by \(F(x,t)= (f_t(x),t)\) for \(t\in I\). Let \(X^t_\infty\) and \((X\times I)_\infty\) be the inverse limits of \(f_t\) and \(F\), respectively. It is shown that there exists a natural embedding \(\ell_t: X^t_\infty\to (X\times I)_\infty\). As one of the authors' results it is proved that if \((f_t)_{t\in I}\) is a near-isotopy on \(X\) and \(F: X\times I\to X\times I\) the corresponding fat map, then for all \(\varepsilon> 0\) there exists a homeomorphism \(\beta:(X\times I)_\infty\to X\times I\) such that \(\beta\circ \ell_t(X^t_\infty)= X\times \{t\}\) for \(t\in I\) and \(d(\beta,\pi_0)<\varepsilon\). Here \(\pi_0\) is the \(0\)th projection map of \((X\times I)_\infty\) to \(X\times I\) and the family \(\{f_t\}_{t\in I}\) is a near-isotopy if it can be uniformly approximated by a family of homeomorphisms.