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CARDINALITY OF INVERSE LIMITS WITH UPPER SEMICONTINUOUS BONDING FUNCTIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

MATEJ ROŠKARIČ
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, Maribor 2000, Slovenia email matejroskaric@gmail.com
NIKO TRATNIK*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, Maribor 2000, Slovenia email niko.tratnik@gmail.com
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Abstract

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We explore the cardinality of generalised inverse limits. Among other things, we show that, for any $n\in \{ℵ_{0},c,1,2,3,\dots \}$, there is an upper semicontinuous function with the inverse limit having exactly $n$ points. We also prove that if $f$ is an upper semicontinuous function whose graph is a continuum, then the cardinality of the corresponding inverse limit is either 1, $ℵ_{0}$ or $c$. This generalises the recent result of I. Banič and J. Kennedy, which claims that the same is true in the case where the graph is an arc.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 

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