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irreducible

Let X$ be a continuum and A\subset X$. Then, X$ is said to be irreducible about A$ provided no proper subcontinuum of X$ contains A$. a continuum X$ is said to be irreducible provided that X$ is irreducible about \{p,q\}$ for some p,q \in X$.
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Janusz J. Charatonik, Pawel Krupski and Pavel Pyrih
2001-11-30