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Non-connectedness and non-compactness of ultrafilter order topologies on indecomposable chainable continua

Establish whether, for every indecomposable chainable continuum X and every ultrafilter order ≤_U^D on X, the order topology τ_U^D is non-connected and non-compact.

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Background

The authors show that for the Knaster continuum, under a certain ultrafilter order, the induced order topology is non-connected and non-compact. They ask whether these properties persist for all indecomposable chainable continua under arbitrary ultrafilter orders.

A general affirmative result would strengthen the topological characterization of ultrafilter order topologies across a broad class of indecomposable chainable continua.

References

We state here some open questions. Is it true that order topology generated by any ultrafilter order on any indecomposable chainable continuum is non-connected and non-compact?

Linear orders on chainable continua (2510.14577 - Marciszewski et al., 16 Oct 2025) in Section 7 (Questions)