From continua to R-trees
arXiv:0905.2576 · doi:10.2140/agt.2006.6.1759
Abstract
We show how to associate an R-tree to the set of cut points of a continuum. If X is a continuum without cut points we show how to associate an R-tree to the set of cut pairs of X.
This is the version published by Algebraic & Geometric Topology on 1 November 2006