Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAM, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, D.F. México
Abstract:
A topological space is said to be -contractible provided that there exists a continuous onto function such that is homotopic to a constant function. Answering a question by Sam B. Nadler, Jr., in this paper we construct a metric continuum such that its hyperspace of subcontinua is not -contractible.