Compact 16-dimensional projective planes with large collineation groups. II

Although coproducts exist in the category of topological abelian groups, the coproduct topology is not in general the asterisk topology. However in the subcategory of topological groups satisfying Pontryagin duality it is so.     

On coverings in the lattice of all group topologies of arbitrary Abelian groups

The remainder of the completion of a topological abelian group (G, τ₀) contains a nonzero element of prime order if and only if G admits a Hausdorff group topology τ₁ that precedes the given topology and is such that (G, τ₀) has no base of closed zero neighborhoods in (G, τ₁).     

Functorial topologies and finite-index subgroups of abelian groups

In the general context of functorial topologies, we prove that in the lattice of all group topologies on an abelian group, the infimum between the Bohr topology and the natural topology is the profinite topology. The profinite topology and its connection to other functorial topologies is the main objective of the paper. We are particularly interested in the poset C(G) of all finite-index subgroups of an abelian group G, since it is a local base for the profinite topology of G. We describe various features of the poset C(G) (its cardinality, its cofinality, etc.) and we characterize the abelian groups G for which C(G)?{G} is cofinal in the poset of all subgroups of G ordered by inclusion. Finally, for pairs of functorial topologies T, S we define the equalizer E(T,S), which permits to describe relevant classes of abelian groups in terms of functorial topologies.     

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.     

Some topologies on a Šerstnev probabilistic normed space

In this paper we will introduce two other topologies, coarser than the so-called strong topology, on a class of Šerstnev probabilistic normed spaces, and obtain some important properties of these topologies. We will show that under the first topology, denoted by τ₀, our probabilistic normed space is decomposable into the topological direct sum of a normable subspace and the subspace of probably null elements. Under the second topology, which is in fact the inductive limit topology of a family of locally convex topologies, the dual space becomes a locally convex topological vector space.     

Expanding topological space,study and applications

In this paper, we introduce the notion of expanding topological space. We define the topological expansion of a topological space via local multi-homeomorphism over coproduct topology, and we prove that the coproduct family associated to any fractal family of topological spaces is expanding. In particular, we prove that the more a topological space expands, the finer the topology of its indexed states is. Using multi-homeomorphisms over associated coproduct topological spaces, we define a locally expandable topological space and we prove that a locally expandable topological space has a topological expansion. Specifically, we prove that the fractal manifold is locally expandable and has a topological expansion.     

On Prebox Module Topologies

Let R be a complete topological division ring whose topology is determined by a real-valued valuation, and let M be a vector space over R. It is proved that M admits a Hausdorff module topology preceding the box topology in the lattice of all module topologies if and only if the dimension of the vector space M over R is a measurable cardinal.     

On the topological structure of the Levi-Civita field

Two topologies on the Levi-Civita field R will be studied: the valuation topology induced by the order on the field, and another weaker topology induced by a family of seminorms, which we will call weak topology. We show that each of the two topologies results from a metric on R, that the valuation topology is not a vector topology while the weak topology is, and that R is complete in the valuation topology while it is not in the weak topology. Then the properties of both topologies will be studied in details; in particular, we give simple characterizations of open, closed, and compact sets in both topologies.     

Fuzzy topology on fuzzy sets: Product fuzzy topology and fuzzy topological groups

The notion of product fuzzy topology in the case of fuzzy topology on fuzzy sets is introduced and the product invariance of fuzzy Hausdorffness, compactness, connectedness are examined. The product fuzzy topology is used to define fuzzy group topology on a fuzzy subgroup of a group G and some properties of fuzzy topological groups are obtained.     

Direct sums of local torsion-free abelian groups

The category of local torsion-free abelian groups of finite rank is known to have the cancellation and -th root properties but not the Krull-Schmidt property. It is shown that 10 is the least rank of a local torsion-free abelian group with two non-equivalent direct sum decompositions into indecomposable summands. This answers a question posed by M.C.R. Butler in the 1960's.

     

The Direct Factor Problem for Modular Group Algebras of Isolated Direct Sums of Torsion-Complete Abelian Groups

Let R be an arbitrary commutative unitary ring of prime characteristic p and G an arbitrary abelian group whose p-component G_p is an isolated direct sum of torsion-complete abelian groups. Then G_p is a direct factor of S(RG). As a consequence, the same holds when G is a direct sum of groups for which their p-components are torsion-complete groups. In particular when G is p-mixed, it is a direct factor of V(RG) provided R is a field. The formulated results extend a classical theorem of May (Contemp. Math., 1989) for direct sums of cyclic groups and its generalization due to the author (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 1997).AMS Subject Classification (2000): Primary 16 U60, 16 S34; Secondary 20 K10, 20 K20, 20 K21.     

Fell—拓扑的某些性质

刻画了Fell-拓扑的某些性质以及Fell-拓扑和拓扑收敛的关系。     

Valuations and rank of ordered abelian groups

It is shown that there exists an ordered abelian group that has no smallest positive element and that has no sequence of nonzero elements converging to zero. Some formulae for the rank of ordered abelian groups have been derived and a necessary condition for an order type to be rank of an ordered abelian group has been discussed. These facts have been translated to the spectrum of a valuation ring using some well-known results in valuation theory.

     

The structure of abelian pro-Lie groups

A pro-Lie group is a projective limit of a projective system of finite dimensional Lie groups. A prodiscrete group is a complete abelian topological group in which the open normal subgroups form a basis of the filter of identity neighborhoods. It is shown here that an abelian pro-Lie group is a product of (in general infinitely many) copies of the additive topological group of reals and of an abelian pro-Lie group of a special type; this last factor has a compact connected component, and a characteristic closed subgroup which is a union of all compact subgroups; the factor group modulo this subgroup is pro-discrete and free of nonsingleton compact subgroups. Accordingly, a connected abelian pro-Lie group is a product of a family of copies of the reals and a compact connected abelian group. A topological group is called compactly generated if it is algebraically generated by a compact subset, and a group is called almost connected if the factor group modulo its identity component is compact. It is further shown that a compactly generated abelian pro-Lie group has a characteristic almost connected locally compact subgroup which is a product of a finite number of copies of the reals and a compact abelian group such that the factor group modulo this characteristic subgroup is a compactly generated prodiscrete group without nontrivial compact subgroups.Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 22B, 22E     

Factoring an Infinite Abelian Group by Subsets

By a theorem of L. Rédei if a finite abelian group is a direct product of its subsets such that each subset has a prime number of elements and contains the identity element of the group, then at least one of the factors must be a subgroup. The content of this paper is that this result holds for certain infinite abelian groups, too. Namely, for groups that are direct products of finitely many Prüferian groups and finite cyclic groups of prime power order, belonging to pairwise distinct primes.     

When is an Almost Lo cally Compact Space Sup ercomplete?

It is proved in this paper that (1) the topological sum of a family of supercomplete spaces is supercomplete; (2) if X is a metacompact and almost locally compact space then X is supercomplete. Moreover, some questions on supercomplete spaces are posed in the paper.     

Chains of Group Localizations

We construct long sequences of localization functors L _α in the category of abelian groups such that L _α ≥ L _β for infinite cardinals α < β less than some κ. For sufficiently large free abelian groups F and α < β we have proper inclusions L _α F ? L _β F.     

Walker's Cancellation Theorem

Walker's cancellation theorem says that, if B ⊕ Z is isomorphic to C ⊕ Z in the category of abelian groups, then B is isomorphic to C. We construct an example in a diagram category of abelian groups where the theorem fails. As a consequence, the original theorem does not have a constructive proof even if B and C are subgroups of the free abelian group on two generators. Both of these results contrast with a group whose endomorphism ring has stable range one, which allows a constructive proof of cancellation and also a proof in any diagram category.