## Hyperspace retractions for curves.(English)Zbl 0914.54026

The authors of this interesting paper consider several special classes of maps on continua. Among other results they show that a curve which is a retract of its hyperspace of closed subsets (or its hyperspace of all subcontinua) must be a uniformly arcwise connected dendroid. Then they consider the universal smooth dendroid $$Y$$ which was constructed by L. Mohler and the reviewer in [Houston J. Math. 14, No. 4, 535-541 (1988; Zbl 0684.54023)] proving that $$Y$$ has the property of Kelley, admits an associative retraction $$r:2^Y\to Y$$, and admits an associative mean. They give an example of a non-planable smooth dendroid which does not admit a mean thus answering a question of M. Bell and S. Watson [ibid. 22, No. 1, 39-50 (1996; Zbl 0860.54031); see also K. Kawamura and E. D. Tymchatyn, Colloq. Math. 71, No. 1, 97-105 (1996; Zbl 0859.54022)].
Reviewer: J.Nikiel (Beirut)

### MSC:

 54F15 Continua and generalizations 54C15 Retraction 54B20 Hyperspaces in general topology 54F50 Topological spaces of dimension $$\leq 1$$; curves, dendrites

### Keywords:

curve; dendrite; smooth dendroid; hyperspace; mean; retraction; selection

### Citations:

Zbl 0684.54023; Zbl 0859.54022; Zbl 0860.54031