Menger curve

An example of a curve containing the topological image of any curve (and, in addition, of every one-dimensional separable metrizable space). For this reason it is referred to as a universal curve. It was constructed by K. Menger [1] (for Menger's construction see Line (curve)). The Menger curve is topologically characterized [3] as a one-dimensional locally connected metrizable continuum without locally separating points (i.e. for every connected neighbourhood of any point the set is connected) and also without non-empty open subsets imbeddable in the plane.

References

[1]	K. Menger, "Kurventheorie" , Teubner (1932)
[2]	A.S. Parkhomenko, "What kind of curve is that?" , Moscow (1954) (In Russian)
[3]	R. Anderson, "One-dimensional continuous curves and a homogeneity theorem" Ann. of Math. , 68 (1958) pp. 1–16