Homogeneity degree of some symmetric products

Abstract

For a metric continuum $X$, we consider the $n^{\text{th}}$-symmetric product $F_n(X)$ defined as the hyperspace of all nonempty subsets of $X$ with at most $n$ points. The homogeneity degree $hd(X)$ of a continuum $X$ is the number of orbits for the action of the group of homeomorphisms of $X$ onto itself. In this paper we determine $hd(F_n(X))$ for every manifold without boundary and $n\in \mathbb{N}$. We also compute $hd(F_n[0,1])$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$.