The hyperspace of nonblockers of F₁(X)

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Abstract: A continuum is a compact connected metric space. A non-empty closed subset B of a continuum X does not block xinXsetminusB provided that the union of all subcontinua of X containing x and contained in XsetminusB is dense in X. We denote the collection of all non-empty closed subset B of X such that B does not block each element of XsetminusB by NB(F1(X)). In this paper we show some properties of the hyperspace NB(F1(X)). Particularly, we prove that the simple closed curve is the unique continuum X such that NB(F1(X))=F1(X), given a positive answer to a question posed by Escobedo, Estrada-Obreg'on and Villanueva in 2012.


For a metric continuum \(X\), \(2^{X}\) denotes the hyperspace of nonempty closed subsets of \(X\), and \(\mathcal{F}_{1}(X)\) the hyperspace of singletons of \(X\); both hyperspaces are endowed with the Hausdorff metric. Given an element \(A\neq X\) in \(2^X\), we say that \(A\) - is a non-weak cut set of \(X\) (\(A\in \mathcal{NWC}(X)\)) provided that for any two points \(x\) and \(y\) in \(X\setminus A\) there exists a subcontinuum \(B\) of \(X\) containing \(x\) and \(y\), and contained in \(X\setminus A\); - does not block the singletons of \(X\) (\(A\in \mathcal{NB}(\mathcal{F}_{1}(X))\)) provided that for each point \(x\) in \(X\setminus A\), the union of the subcontinua of \(X\) containing \(x\) and contained in \(X\setminus A\) is dense in \(X\); - does not block some point of \(X\) (\(A\in \mathcal{NB}^*(\mathcal{F}_{1}(X))\)) provided that there exists an \(x\) in \(X\setminus A\) such that the union of the subcontinua of \(X\) containing \(x\) and contained in \(X\setminus A\) is dense in \(X\); - is a shore set of \(X\) (\(A\in \mathcal{S}(X)\)) if \(X\) is the limit (in the hyperspace \(2^{X}\)) of subcontinua contained in \(X\setminus A\); - is a non-cut set of \(X\) (\(A\in H(X)\)) provided that \(X\setminus A\) is connected. Define \(\mathcal{NC}(X)\) as the set of elements \(A\) in \(H(X)\) such that \(\operatorname{int}(A)=\emptyset\). In [\textit{R. Escobedo} et al., Topology Appl. 217, 97--106 (2017; Zbl 1359.54010)] it was shown that a metric continuum \(X\) is a simple closed curve if and only if \(\mathcal{F}_{1}(X)=K(X)\), where \(K(X)\) is one of the hyperspaces \(\mathcal{NWC}(X)\), \(\mathcal{NB}^*(\mathcal{F}_{1}(X))\), \(\mathcal{S}(X)\) or \(\mathcal{NC}(X)\). To complete this result, in the paper under review the authors show that a metric continuum \(X\) is a simple closed curve if and only if \(\mathcal{F}_{1}(X)=\mathcal{NB}(\mathcal{F}_{1}(X))\). In addition, the authors show some topological properties of the hyperspace \(\mathcal{NB}(\mathcal{F}_{1}(X))\).











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