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MSC:
03E35,
03E50,
22A05,
22A10,
22B99,
22C05,
43A40,
54D30,
54E35,
54H11 | MR 2059270 | Zbl 1080.22500
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Keywords:
Bohr compactification; Bohr topology; character; character group; Außenhofer-Chasco Theorem; compact-open topology; dense subgroup; determined group; duality; metrizable group; reflexive group; reflective group
Bohr compactification; Bohr topology; character; character group; Außenhofer-Chasco Theorem; compact-open topology; dense subgroup; determined group; duality; metrizable group; reflexive group; reflective group
Summary:
Throughout this abstract, $G$ is a topological Abelian group and $\widehat{G}$ is the space of continuous homomorphisms from $G$ into the circle group $\mathbb{T}$ in the compact-open topology. A dense subgroup $D$ of $G$ is said to determine $G$ if the (necessarily continuous) surjective isomorphism $\widehat{G}\twoheadrightarrow \widehat{D}$ given by $h\mapsto h\big |D$ is a homeomorphism, and $G$ is determined if each dense subgroup of $G$ determines $G$. The principal result in this area, obtained independently by L. Außenhofer and M. J. Chasco, is the following: Every metrizable group is determined. The authors offer several related results, including these. 1. There are (many) nonmetrizable, noncompact, determined groups. 2. If the dense subgroup $D_i$ determines $G_i$ with $G_i$ compact, then $\oplus _iD_i$ determines $\Pi _i G_i$. In particular, if each $G_i$ is compact then $\oplus _i G_i$ determines $\Pi _i G_i$. 3. Let $G$ be a locally bounded group and let $G^+$ denote $G$ with its Bohr topology. Then $G$ is determined if and only if ${G^+}$ is determined. 4. Let $\mathop {\mathrm non}({\mathcal N})$ be the least cardinal $\kappa $ such that some $X \subseteq {\mathbb{T}}$ of cardinality $\kappa $ has positive outer measure. No compact $G$ with $w(G)\ge \mathop {\mathrm non}({\mathcal N})$ is determined; thus if $\mathop {\mathrm non}({\mathcal N})=\aleph _1$ (in particular if CH holds), an infinite compact group $G$ is determined if and only if $w(G)=\omega $. Question. Is there in ZFC a cardinal $\kappa $ such that a compact group $G$ is determined if and only if $w(G)<\kappa $? Is $\kappa =\mathop {\mathrm non}({\mathcal N})$? $\kappa =\aleph _1$?
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