Some characterizations of the internal structure of Whitney levels
Given a metric continuum \(X\), \(C(X)\) denotes the hyperspace of subcontinua of \(X\). A Whitney map is a continuous function \(\mu:C(X)\rightarrow [0,1]\) such that \(\mu(X)=1\); for each \(p\in X\), \(\mu({p})=0\); and if \(A\subsetneq B\), then \(\mu(A)<\mu(B)\). A Whitney level is a set of the form \(\mu^{-1}(t)\), where \(0<t<1\). It is well known that for each continuum \(X\) there are Whitney maps for \(C(X)\) and that Whitney levels are always subcontinua of \(C(X)\).\N\NMany authors have studied when the following implication (or the converse implication) holds for a topological property \(P\): if a continuum has property \(P\), then every Whitney level for \(C(X)\) has property \(P\), (see for example, Chapter VIII of [\textit{A. Illanes} and \textit{S. B. Nadler jun.}, Hyperspaces: fundamentals and recent advances. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker (1999; Zbl 0933.54009)]).\N\NIn the paper under review, the author introduces another way to study some topological properties of Whitney levels.\N\NGiven a Whitney level \(\mathcal{A}\) of \(C(X)\), a nonempty closed subset \(G\) of \(X\) is an \(\mathcal{A}\)-subcontinuum of \(X\) if for each pair of nonempty disjoint closed subsets \(R\) and \(S\) of \(X\) such that \(G=R\cup S\), there exists an element \(A\in\mathcal{A}\) such that \(A\cap R\neq\emptyset\) and \(A\cap S\neq\emptyset\).\N\NThe aim of this paper is to show characterizations, in terms of its \(\mathcal{A}\)-subcontinua, for a Whitney level \(\mathcal{A}\) to have any of the following properties: irreducibility, decomposability, being a Wilder continuum, aposyndesis, semiaposyndesis, \(n\)-aposyndesis, finite aposyndesis, and colocal connectedness.
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