Inverse limits of Hausdorff arcs (Q6945456)

By a Hausdorff arc is meant a nondegenerate Hausdorff continuum with exactly two non-cut points and a Hausdorff arc is a compact connected LOTS (linearly ordered topological space). A topological space is said to satisfy the countable chain condition (ccc) if there in no uncountable collection of disjoint open sets in the space.\N\NIt is known that inverse limits are an important tool to study some aspects of a space. On account of this, numerous researchers have contributed to this subject (see, example [\textit{I. Lončar}, Math. Commun. 12, No. 1, 101--111 (2007; Zbl 1149.54003); \textit{D. Cichoń} et al., Topology Appl. 155, No. 4, 207--212 (2008; Zbl 1148.54015); \textit{V. Nall}, Houston J. Math. 37, No. 4, 1323--1332 (2011; Zbl 1237.54016); \textit{W. T. Ingram} and \textit{W. S. Mahavier}, Inverse limits. From continua to chaos. Berlin: Springer (2012; Zbl 1234.54002)]). Another contribution concerning this subject occurred in [\textit{M. Smith}, Topology Appl. 155, No. 6, 540--543 (2008; Zbl 1158.54015)], where the author showed that if \(M\) is a hereditarily indecomposable subcontinuum of the (countable) inverse limit of Souslin arcs, then \(M\) is a metric continuum. The purpose of the paper under review is to provide new results for this field of study. The main result of this article is the following:\N\NTheorem. Suppose that for each positive integer, \(X_m\) is a Hausdorff arc and the inverse limit space \(X = \lim\limits_{\longleftarrow}\{X_m, f_m\}^{\infty}_{m=1}\) is hereditarily indecomposable. Then for each positive integer \(m\), \(X_m\) is a ccc space.\N\NThe results obtained in this article make an important contribution to this line of research.