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Does each compact topological group admit a discontinuous homomorphism to a Polish group?

A compact topological group $G$ is called Van der Waerden if each homomorphism $h:G\to K$ to a compact topological group is continuous. By a classical result of Van der Waerden (1933) the groups $SO(...
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short exact sequence of profinite groups

Let $A\rightarrow B\rightarrow B/A$ be a short exact sequence of topological groups. Is it true that if there exists a continuous function $B/A\rightarrow B$ (of underlying spaces) such that the ...
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