%0 Journal Article %T Una introducci¨®n a los continuos homog¨¦neos %A MAC¨ªAS %A SERGIO %J Revista Integraci¨®n %D 2011 %I Universidad Industrial de Santander %X abstract. a continuum is a compact, connected, metric space. a continuum x is homogeneous provided that for each pair of points x1 and x2 of x, there exists a homeomorphism h: x x such that h(x1) = x2. we present a bit of history, examples and properties of this kind of continua. we give a proof of jones's aposyndetic decomposition theorem. %K circle of pseudo-arcs %K continuum %K hilbert cube %K menger universal curve %K homogeneous space %K monotone map %K jones's set function t %K pseudoarc. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-419X2011000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en