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We revisit the results from two papers, Mioduszewski’s “Map**s of inverse limits” and Feuerbacher’s “Map**s of inverse limits revisited” to obtain new map** theorems for inverse limits of inverse sequences of compact metric spaces with continuous single-valued bonding functions. Then, we apply the results to the theory of inverse limits of inverse sequences of compact metric spaces with upper semicontinuous set-valued bonding functions to obtain new map** theorems for such inverse limits. This answers an open problem stated by Ingram.
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Banič, I., Erceg, G. & Kennedy, J. Map** Theorems for Inverse Limits with Set-Valued Bonding Functions. Bull. Malays. Math. Sci. Soc. 45, 2905–2940 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40840-022-01307-y
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