The Core Ingram Conjecture for non-recurrent critical points

Abstract

We study inverse limit spaces of tent maps, and the Ingram Conjecture, which states that the inverse limit spaces of tent maps with different slopes are non-homeomorphic. When the tent map is restricted to its core, so there is no ray compactifying on the inverse limit space, this result is referred to as the Core Ingram Conjecture. We prove the Core Ingram Conjecture when the critical point is non-recurrent and not preperiodic.