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An imbedding problem

J. W. Cannon, Stanley G. Wayment

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If $H$ is an uncountable collection of pairwise disjoint continua in ${E^n}$, each homeomorphic to $M$, then there exists a sequence from $H$ converging homeomorphically to an element of $H$. In the present paper the authors show that if $\{ {M_i}\}$ is a sequence of continua in ${E^n}$ which converges homeomorphically to ${M_0}$ and such that for each $i,{M_i}$ and ${M_0}$ are disjoint and equivalently imbedded, then there exists an uncountable collection $H$ of pairwise disjoint continua in ${E^n}$, each homeomorphic to $M$. For $n = 2,\;3$, and $n \geqq 5$ it is shown that one cannot guarantee that the elements of $H$ have the same imbedding as ${M_0}$.

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If $H$ is an uncountable collection of pairwise disjoint continua in ${E^n}$, each homeomorphic to $M$, then there exists a sequence from $H$ converging homeomorphically to an element of $H$. In the present paper the authors show that if $\{ {M_i}\}$ is a sequence of continua in ${E^n}$ which converges homeomorphically to ${M_0}$ and such that for each $i,{M_i}$ and ${M_0}$ are disjoint and equivalently imbedded, then there exists an uncountable collection $H$ of pairwise disjoint continua in ${E^n}$, each homeomorphic to $M$. For $n = 2,\;3$, and $n \geqq 5$ it is shown that one cannot guarantee that the elements of $H$ have the same imbedding as ${M_0}$.

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If $H$ is an uncountable collection of pairwise disjoint continua in ${E^n}$, each homeomorphic to $M$, then there exists a sequence from $H$ converging homeomorphically to an element of $H$. In the present paper the authors show that if $\{ {M_i}\}$ is a sequence of continua in ${E^n}$ which converges homeomorphically to ${M_0}$ and such that for each $i,{M_i}$ and ${M_0}$ are disjoint and equivalently imbedded, then there exists an uncountable collection $H$ of pairwise disjoint continua in ${E^n}$, each homeomorphic to $M$. For $n = 2,\;3$, and $n \geqq 5$ it is shown that one cannot guarantee that the elements of $H$ have the same imbedding as ${M_0}$.

Key concepts: Uncountable set, Disjoint sets, Mathematics, Sequence (biology), Combinatorics, Pairwise comparison, Existential quantification, Discrete mathematics

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