Cylinders over λ-dendroids have the fixed point property (Q4548826)

A continuum is a non-void compact connected metrizable space. A continuum \(C\) is unicoherent if for every representation \(C=A\cap B\), where \(A\) and \(B\) are continua, the intersection \(A\cup B\) is a continuum. A continuum is hereditarily unicoherent if all its subcontinua are unicoherent. A continuum is decomposable if it can be represented as a union of two proper subcontinua. A continuum is hereditarily decomposable if all its non-degenerate subcontinua are decomposable. A \(\lambda\)-dendroid is a hereditarily decomposable continuum that is also hereditarily decomposable continuum that is also a hereditarily unicoherent. The author proves the following. Theorem: If \(X\) is a \(\lambda\)-dendroid, then \(X\times I\) has the fixed point property. The author observes that \(I\) may be replaced by any compact absolute retract or by any \(\lambda\)-dendroid which may be approximated from within by dendrites.