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absolutely terminal continuum

A proper subcontinuum K$ of a continuum X$ is said to be an absolutely terminal continuum of X$ provided that K$ is a terminal continuum of each subcontinuum L$ of X$ which properly contains K$.
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Janusz J. Charatonik, Pawel Krupski and Pavel Pyrih
2001-11-30