Topological groups all continuous automorphisms of which are open
Abstract
A topological space is reversible if each continuous bijection of it onto itself is open. We introduce an analogue of this notion in the category of topological groups: A topological group G is g-reversible if every continuous automorphism of G (=continuous isomorphism of G onto itself) is open. The class of g-reversible groups contains Polish groups, locally compact sigma-compact groups, minimal groups, abelian groups with the Bohr topology, and reversible topological groups. We prove that subgroups of R^n are g-reversible, for every positive integer n. An example of a compact (so reversible) metric abelian group having a countable dense non-g-reversible subgroup is given. We also highlight the differences between reversible spaces and g-reversible topological groups. Many open problems are scattered throughout the paper.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1912.10224
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1912.10224
- Bibcode:
- 2019arXiv191210224C
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Group Theory;
- Mathematics - Functional Analysis;
- Mathematics - General Topology;
- Primary: 22A05;
- Secondary: 20K30;
- 22B05;
- 22D05;
- 46A30;
- 54A10;
- 54D45;
- 54H11