On the supremum of the pseudocompact group topologies

P is the class of pseudocompact Hausdorff topological groups, and P^′ is the class of groups which admit a topology T such that (G,T)∈P. It is known that every G=(G,T)∈P is totally bounded, so for G∈P^′ the supremum T^∨(G) of all pseudocompact group topologies on G and the supremum T#(G) of all totally bounded group topologies on G satisfy T^∨⊆T#.The authors conjecture for abelian G∈P^′ that T^∨=T#. That equality is established here for abelian G∈P^′ with any of these (overlapping) properties. (a) G is a torsion group; (b) |G|?c²; (c) r₀(G)=|G|=ω|G|; (d) |G| is a strong limit cardinal, and r₀(G)=|G|; (e) some topology T with (G,T)∈P satisfies w(G,T)?c; (f) some pseudocompact group topology on G is metrizable; (g) G admits a compact group topology, and r₀(G)=|G|. Furthermore, the product of finitely many abelian G∈P^′, each with the property T^∨(G)=T#(G), has the same property.     

Locally minimal topological groups 1

The aim of this paper is to go deeper into the study of local minimality and its connection to some naturally related properties. A Hausdorff topological group (G,τ) is called locally minimal if there exists a neighborhood U of 0 in τ such that U fails to be a neighborhood of zero in any Hausdorff group topology on G which is strictly coarser than τ. Examples of locally minimal groups are all subgroups of Banach-Lie groups, all locally compact groups and all minimal groups. Motivated by the fact that locally compact NSS groups are Lie groups, we study the connection between local minimality and the NSS property, establishing that under certain conditions, locally minimal NSS groups are metrizable. A symmetric subset of an abelian group containing zero is said to be a GTG set if it generates a group topology in an analogous way as convex and symmetric subsets are unit balls for pseudonorms on a vector space. We consider topological groups which have a neighborhood basis at zero consisting of GTG sets. Examples of these locally GTG groups are: locally pseudoconvex spaces, groups uniformly free from small subgroups (UFSS groups) and locally compact abelian groups. The precise relation between these classes of groups is obtained: a topological abelian group is UFSS if and only if it is locally minimal, locally GTG and NSS. We develop a universal construction of GTG sets in arbitrary non-discrete metric abelian groups, that generates a strictly finer non-discrete UFSS topology and we characterize the metrizable abelian groups admitting a strictly finer non-discrete UFSS group topology. Unlike the minimal topologies, the locally minimal ones are always available on “large” groups. To support this line, we prove that a bounded abelian group G admits a non-discrete locally minimal and locally GTG group topology iff |G|?c.     

Spectral Synthesis and Topologies on Ideal Spaces for Banach*-Algebras

This paper continues the study of spectral synthesis and the topologies τ_∞ and τ_r on the ideal space of a Banach algebra, concentrating on the class of Banach ^*-algebras, and in particular on L¹-group algebras. It is shown that if a group G is a finite extension of an abelian group then τ_r is Hausdorff on the ideal space of L¹(G) if and only if L¹(G) has spectral synthesis, which in turn is equivalent to G being compact. The result is applied to nilpotent groups, [FD]⁻-groups, and Moore groups. An example is given of a non-compact, non-abelian group G for which L¹(G) has spectral synthesis. It is also shown that if G is a non-discrete group then τ_r is not Hausdorff on the ideal lattice of the Fourier algebra A(G).     

Abelian groups admitting a Fréchet-Urysohn pseudocompact topological group topology

We show that every Abelian group G with r₀(G)=|G|=|G|^ω admits a pseudocompact Hausdorff topological group topology T such that the space (G,T) is Fréchet-Urysohn. We also show that a bounded torsion Abelian group G of exponent n admits a pseudocompact Hausdorff topological group topology making G a Fréchet-Urysohn space if for every prime divisor p of n and every integer k≥0, the Ulm-Kaplansky invariant f_p,k of G satisfies (f_p,k)^ω=f_p,k provided that f_p,k is infinite and f_p,k>f_p,i for each i>k.Our approach is based on an appropriate dense embedding of a group G into a Σ-product of circle groups or finite cyclic groups.     

Almost maximally almost-periodic group topologies determined by T-sequences

A sequence {an} in a group G is a T-sequence if there is a Hausdorff group topology τ on G such that . In this paper, we provide several sufficient conditions for a sequence in an abelian group to be a T-sequence, and investigate special sequences in the Prüfer groups Z(p^∞). We show that for p≠2, there is a Hausdorff group topology τ on Z(p^∞) that is determined by a T-sequence, which is close to being maximally almost-periodic—in other words, the von Neumann radical n(Z(p^∞),τ) is a non-trivial finite subgroup. In particular, n(n(Z(p^∞),τ))?n(Z(p^∞),τ). We also prove that the direct sum of any infinite family of finite abelian groups admits a group topology determined by a T-sequence with non-trivial finite von Neumann radical.     

Lower and upper topologies in the Hausdorff partial order on a fixed set

In the partial order of Hausdorff topologies on a fixed infinite set there may exist topologies τ?σ in which there is no Hausdorff topology μ satisfying σ?μ?τ. τ and σ are lower and upper topologies in this partial order, respectively. Alas and Wilson showed that a compact Hausdorff space cannot contain a maximal point and therefore its topology is not lower. We generalize this result by showing that a maximal point in an H-closed space is not a regular point. Furthermore, we construct in ZFC an example of a countably compact, countably tight lower topology, answering a question of Alas and Wilson. Finally, we characterize topologies that are upper in this partial order as simple extension topologies.     

On topologizable and non-topologizable groups

A group G   is called hereditarily non-topologizable if, for every H?G$H?G$, no quotient of H admits a non-discrete Hausdorff topology. We construct first examples of infinite hereditarily non-topologizable groups. This allows us to prove that c-compactness does not imply compactness for topological groups. We also answer several other open questions about c-compact groups asked by Dikranjan and Uspenskij. On the other hand, we suggest a method of constructing topologizable groups based on generic properties in the space of marked k-generated groups. As an application, we show that there exist non-discrete quasi-cyclic groups of finite exponent; this answers a question of Morris and Obraztsov.     

Minimal KC spaces are compact

We show that every KC space (X,τ), such that τ is minimal among the KC topologies on X, must be compact (not necessarily T₂). This solves a long-standing question, first raised by R. Larson in 1973.     

On the Steinhaus property in topological groups

Let G be a locally compact Abelian group and μ a Haar measure on G. We prove: (a) If G is connected, then the complement of a union of finitely many translates of subgroups of G with infinite index is μ-thick and everywhere of second category. (b) Under a simple (and fairly general) assumption on G, for every cardinal number m such that ℵ₀?m?|G| there is a subgroup of G of index m that is μ-thick and everywhere of second category. These results extend theorems by Muthuvel and Erd?s-Marcus, respectively. (b) also implies a recent theorem by Comfort-Raczkowski-Trigos stating that every nondiscrete compact Abelian group G admits ²|G|-many μ-nonmeasurable dense subgroups.     

Spaces of maps into topological group with the Whitney topology

Let X be a locally compact Polish space and G a non-discrete Polish ANR group. By C(X,G), we denote the topological group of all continuous maps endowed with the Whitney (graph) topology and by Cc(X,G) the subgroup consisting of all maps with compact support. It is known that if X is compact and non-discrete then the space C(X,G) is an l₂-manifold. In this article we show that if X is non-compact and not end-discrete then Cc(X,G) is an (R^∞×l₂)-manifold, and moreover the pair (C(X,G),Cc(X,G)) is locally homeomorphic to the pair of the box and the small box powers of l₂.     

Embedding paratopological groups into topological products

We show that a Hausdorff paratopological group G admits a topological embedding as a subgroup into a topological product of Hausdorff first-countable (second-countable) paratopological groups if and only if G is ω-balanced (totally ω-narrow) and the Hausdorff number of G is countable, i.e., for every neighbourhood U of the neutral element e of G there exists a countable family γ of neighbourhoods of e such that _?V∈γVV−1⊆U. Similarly, we prove that a regular paratopological group G can be topologically embedded as a subgroup into a topological product of regular first-countable (second-countable) paratopological groups if and only if G is ω-balanced (totally ω-narrow) and the index of regularity of G is countable.As a by-product, we show that a regular totally ω-narrow paratopological group with countable index of regularity is Tychonoff.     

Pseudocompact group topologies with no infinite compact subsets

We show that every Abelian group satisfying a mild cardinal inequality admits a pseudocompact group topology from which all countable subgroups inherit the maximal totally bounded topology (we say that such a topology satisfies property ).Every pseudocompact Abelian group G with cardinality |G|≤2^2c satisfies this inequality and therefore admits a pseudocompact group topology with property . Under the Singular Cardinal Hypothesis (SCH) this criterion can be combined with an analysis of the algebraic structure of pseudocompact groups to prove that every pseudocompact Abelian group admits a pseudocompact group topology with property .We also observe that pseudocompact Abelian groups with property contain no infinite compact subsets and are examples of Pontryagin reflexive precompact groups that are not compact.     

Topologizations of G-spaces

For a G-space X, we put and explore a question whether X admits a non-discrete Hausdorff G-invariant topology.     

Subcompactness and domain representability in GO-spaces on sets of real numbers

In this paper we explore a family of strong completeness properties in GO-spaces defined on sets of real numbers with the usual linear ordering. We show that if τ is any GO-topology on the real line R, then (R,τ) is subcompact, and so is any Gδ-subspace of (R,τ). We also show that if (X,τ) is a subcompact GO-space constructed on a subset X⊆R, then X is a Gδ-subset of any space (R,σ) where σ is any GO-topology on R with τ=σX_|. It follows that, for GO-spaces constructed on sets of real numbers, subcompactness is hereditary to Gδ-subsets. In addition, it follows that if (X,τ) is a subcompact GO-space constructed on any set of real numbers and if τS is the topology obtained from τ by isolating all points of a set S⊆X, then (X,τS) is also subcompact. Whether these two assertions hold for arbitrary subcompact spaces is not known.We use our results on subcompactness to begin the study of other strong completeness properties in GO-spaces constructed on subsets of R. For example, examples show that there are subcompact GO-spaces constructed on subsets X⊆R where X is not a Gδ-subset of the usual real line. However, if (X,τ) is a dense-in-itself GO-space constructed on some X⊆R and if (X,τ) is subcompact (or more generally domain-representable), then (X,τ) contains a dense subspace Y that is a Gδ-subspace of the usual real line. It follows that (Y,τY_|) is a dense subcompact subspace of (X,τ). Furthermore, for a dense-in-itself GO-space constructed on a set of real numbers, the existence of such a dense subspace Y of X is equivalent to pseudo-completeness of (X,τ) (in the sense of Oxtoby). These results eliminate many pathological sets of real numbers as potential counterexamples to the still-open question: “Is there a domain-representable GO-space constructed on a subset of R that is not subcompact”? Finally, we use our subcompactness results to show that any co-compact GO-space constructed on a subset of R must be subcompact.     

Minimal pseudocompact group topologies on free abelian groups

A Hausdorff topological group G is minimal if every continuous isomorphism f:G→H between G and a Hausdorff topological group H is open. Significantly strengthening a 1981 result of Stoyanov, we prove the following theorem: For every infinite minimal abelian group G there exists a sequence of cardinals such that

     

On closedness assumptions in selection theorems

We begin by a short survey of various attempts in selection theory to avoid the closedness assumption for values of multivalued mappings. We collect special cases when Michael's Gδ-problem admits an affirmative solution and we prove some unified theorems of such type. We also show that in general this problem has a negative solution. In comparison with a recent result of Filippov, we work directly in the Hilbert cube rather than in the space of all probabilistic measures endowed with different topologies.     

Remainders in compactifications of topological groups

In this paper, we consider the following question: when does a topological group G have a Hausdorff compactification bG with a remainder belonging to a given class of spaces? We extend the results of A.V. Arhangel'skii by showing that if a remainder of a non-locally compact topological group G has a countable open point-network or a locally Gδ-diagonal, then G and the compactification bG of G are separable and metrizable.     

Characterization of almost maximally almost-periodic groups

Let G be an Abelian group. We prove that a group G admits a Hausdorff group topology τ such that the von Neumann radical n(G,τ) of (G,τ) is non-trivial and finite iff G has a non-trivial finite subgroup. If G is a topological group, then n(n(G))≠n(G) if and only if n(G) is not dually embedded. In particular, n(n(Z,τ))=n(Z,τ) for any Hausdorff group topology τ on Z.