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confluent

A mapping f$ of a compact space X$ onto a compact space Y$ is confluent if, for each continuum C$ in Y$, each component of f^{-1}(C)$ is mapped onto C$ by f$.
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Janusz J. Charatonik, Pawel Krupski and Pavel Pyrih
2001-11-30