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Group of surface homeomorphisms is locally path-connected

I think the following is true and I need a reference for the proof. (Given a closed surface $S$, i.e. a compact 2-dimensional topological manifold (without boundary), we endow $S$ with a distance ...
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Local cross-sections for free actions of finite groups

Let $G$ be a finite group, let $X$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space, and let $G$ act freely on $X$. It is well-known that the canonical quotient map $\pi\colon X\to X/G$ onto the orbit space $X/G$ ...
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About Countable Dense Homogeneous spaces (CDH) and strongly locally homogeneous spaces

I am new to the study of CDH topological spaces, I wanted to study basic examples of this type of spaces, for example I could understand the demonstration that $\mathbb{R}$ is CDH, using the Cantor ...
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Does the compact-open topology retain topological groups?

Let $X$ be a topological space and $Y$ a topological group. Then $C(X,Y)$ is a group, and can also be endowed with the compact-open topology. Is $C(X,Y)$ in the compact-open topology necessarily a ...
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Continuous surjection from $X(D_n)$ onto $\operatorname{Homeo}_0(D_n)$

Let $n>1$ and let $\mathfrak{X}(D_n)$ denote the set of continuous vector fields on the closed disc $D_n\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$. Let $\operatorname{Homeo}_0(D_n)$ be the set of homeomorphism of ...
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Reference request: placing a set with respect to the integer grid

For $x=(x_1,...,x_n)\in \mathbb{R}^n$, let $Q_x=(x_1,x_1+1)\times ...\times (x_n,x_n+1)$ - the open cube having $x$ in its "bottom left" corner. It seems, I can prove (see a draft here) the following ...
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Is there an orbit map without path lifting property?

I am looking for an example of a topological group $G$ acting by homeomorphisms on a metrizable space $X$ such that the orbit map $X\to X/G$ doesn't have the path lifting property, that is, there is a ...
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Does the self-homeomorphism group of a finite CW complex have CW homotopy type?

Let $X$ be a finite CW complex and form the group $\mathcal{H}(X)$ of self-homeomorphisms $X\xrightarrow{\cong}X$, furnishing it with the compact-open topology. Under the assumptions on our space $\...
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Is there a compact, connected, totally path-disconnected topological group?

There exist homogeneous spaces such as the pseudo-arc, which are compact, connected, and totally path-disconnected. Is there a nontrivial, Hausdorff topological group with the same properties, i.e. ...
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Is each preseparable topological group narrow?

A topological group $G$ is defined to be $\bullet$ precompact if for any neighborhood $U\subseteq G$ of the unit there exists a finite subset $F\subseteq G$ such that $G=UF$; $\bullet$ narrow if for ...
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Are the separability and autoseparability equivalent for (locally) compact topological group?

Definition. A topological group $G$ is called autoseparable if there exists a countable subset $S\subset G$ and a sequence $(f_n)_{n\in\omega}$ of automorphisms of $G$ such that for any neighborhood $...
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Different locally compact metrizable second countable topologies on the same group

Let $G$ be a non-Abelian infinite group. Can $G$ admit more than one (inequivalent) non-compact locally compact metrizable second countable topologies that make it a topological group? Thank you.
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Empty interior of union of cosets?

The following question arises from trying to understand Lemma 1.3(ii) of arXiv:math/0405063. I believe a particular case of the proof (and in fact I think the proof is essentially equivalent to this ...
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Why are homeomorphism groups important?

For a compact metric space $X$ let $\mathcal H(X)$ denote the set of homeomorphisms in the compact-open topology (also generated by sup metric). It is known that $\mathcal H(X)$ is a Polish ...
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Does the group of homeomorphisms of the hilbert cube have automatic continuity

A topological group is said to have automatic continuity if every homomorphism from it to a second countable topological group is continuous. Various topological groups are known to have this ...
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Are geometric progressions closed in the $p$-adic topology?

For a prime number $p$, the $p$-adic topology on the set $\omega$ of non-negative integers is generated by the base consisting of the arithmetic progressions $x+p^n\omega:=\{x+p^ny:y\in\omega\}$ where ...
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Question about additive subgroups of the real line and the density topology

I am new studying additive subgroups of the real line, I would like to know if someone could give me an idea for the next question. Let $m$ be the Lebesgue measure in $\mathbb{R}$. A measurable set $E\...
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$G$- space is locally compact [closed]

Suppose $X$ is a topological space ,$G$ Is a locally compact group.If the quotient space $G\backslash X$ is compact,can we deduce that $X$ is locally compact?
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Structure of extensions arising in Lie approximation of connected groups

My imperfect understanding is that, by the work of various authors (Gleason, Yamabe, Montgomery, Zippin ...), the following result is known: Let $G$ be a connected, locally compact, Hausdorff group, ...
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Are $T_0$ topological quasigroups completely regular?

In 1957 H. Salzmann generalized to quasigroups but weakened the standard result that $T_0$ topological groups are completely regular. He was able to show that $T_0$ topological quasigroups are regular ...
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Polish groups with no small subgroups

Definitions. A Polish group is a topological group $G$ that is homeomorphic to a separable complete metric space. A group $G$ has no small subgroups if there exists a neighborhood $U$ of the identity ...
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Is the ring of $p$-adic integers extremally disconnected?

We call a topological space $X$ extremally disconnected if the closures of its open sets remain open. Obviously, Hausdorff extremally disconnected spaces are totally disconnected in the sense that ...
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Does each $\omega$-narrow topological group have countable discrete cellularity?

A topological space $X$ is defined to have countable discrete cellularity if each discrete family of open subsets of $X$ is at most countable. A family $\mathcal F$ of subsets of a topological space ...
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Are Hausdorff measures on the real line Haar measures for some locally compact topology?

For $0\leq d\leq 1$, let $\lambda_d$ be the $d$-dimensional Hausdorff measure on $\mathbb{R}$. Note that it is translation-invariant. Does there exist a locally compact topology $\mathscr{T}_d$ on $\...
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Metrically homogeneous spaces as inverse limits

Let $(X,d)$ be a locally compact, separable, connected and $\sigma$-compact metric space such that the group of isometries $G$ acts transitively on $X$. The question is the following: Is $X$ ...
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Set of topologies on a group making it a compact Hausdorff topological group

Maybe stupid, but from the following well known facts about compact Hausdorff (CH) spaces: CH topologies on a given set are pairwise incomparible (one is not finer or coarser than the other). There ...
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Is each cometrizable space a subspace of a cometrizable topological group?

Following Gruenhage we call a topological space $X$ cometrizable if $X$ admits a weaker metrizable topology such that every point $x\in X$ has a (not necessarily open) neighborhood base consisting of ...
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Topological groups containing the Sorgenfrey line

The Sorgenfrey line $\mathbb S$ is the real line endowed with the topology generated by the base consisting of all half-intervals $[a,b)$ for real numbers $a<b$. The Sorgenfrey line is first-...
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What is known about topological groups of countable spread in ZFC?

A topological space has countable spread if every discrete subspace is at most countable. By Theorem 8.10 in Todorcevic's book "Partition Problems in Topology", PFA implies that each regular space $X$...
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Is the Baireness a 3-space property of topological groups

It is known that the product of two Baire spaces can be meager. On the other hand, by a recent result of Li and Zsilinszky the product of two Baire spaces is Baire if one of the spaces is countably ...
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Is each Choquet topological group strong Choquet?

A topological space $X$ is called (strong) Choquet if the player II has a winning strategy in the (strong) Choquet game. It is known that a metrizable space $X$ is $\bullet$ Choquet if and only if it ...
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Separable topology on a group

In the paper "Continuous isomorphisms onto separable groups", Applied General Topology, (13) 2012, 135--150, L. Morales Lopez proved Theorem: Let $G$ be an Abelian group with $|G| \leq 2^{2^{\...
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continuity of certain map which is defined on a Stonean space

Let $G$ be a discrete group which acts continuously on a Stonean space $\Omega$. Consider the map $f\colon \Omega\to \{0,1\}^G$ sending $x\in \Omega$ to $\chi_{G_x}$, where $\chi_{G_x}$ denotes the ...
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A ZFC-example of a countably compact paratopological group which is not a topological group

Problem. Does there exist a ZFC-example of a countably compact Hausdorff paratopological group which is not a topological group? (The problem posed 27 May 2015 by Alexander Ravsky on page 9 of Volume ...
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The completeness of spaces of continuous functions with the compact-open topology

For a Tychonoff space $X$ let $C_k(X)$ denote the space of continuous real-valued functions on $X$, endowed with the compact-open topology. Problem. Is the space $C_k(X)$ Polish if it is Polishable ...
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Is the identity function a unique multiplicative homeomorphism of $\mathbb N$?

Endow the set $\mathbb N$ of positive integers with the topology $\tau$ generated by the base consisting of arithmetic progressions $a+b\mathbb N_0$ where $\mathbb N_0=\{0\}\cup\mathbb N$, where $a,b\...
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homeomorphisms induced by composant rotations in the solenoid

Let $S$ be the dyadic solenoid. Let $x\in S$, and let $X$ be the union of all arcs (homeomorphic copies of $[0,1]$) in $S$ containing $x$. $X$ is called a composant of $S$. It is well-known ...
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If $G$ is a paracompact topological group, then is $G \times G$ paracompact?

If $G$ is a paracompact topological group, then is $G \times G$ paracompact? This question is raised by Gepner and Henriques (first paragraph of 2.2). Of course, this is not true for arbitrary ...
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A connected Borel subgroup of the plane

It is known that the complex plane $\mathbb C$ contain dense connected (additive) subgroups with dense complement but each dense path-connected subgroup of $\mathbb C$ necessarily coincides with $\...
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A reasonable topology on the group of minimal usco maps

An usco map is an abreviation for an upper semicontinuous multi-valued map with non-empty compact values. An usco map $f:X\multimap \mathbb R$ is called minimal is it coincides with each usco map $g:X\...
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Has the Erdős space the structure of a monothetic topological group?

This question is motivated by this MO-problem asking if the Erdős spaces $\mathfrak E$ and $\mathfrak E_c$ admit a self-homeomorphism with dense orbits of points. The affirmative answer would follow ...
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A question on quasitopological group

Suppose that $G$ is a regular feebly compact Moore quasitopological group. Must $G$ be a topological group? This was previously posted here on MathSE also. A semitopological group $G$ is a group $G$ ...
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Is each closed subgroups of $\mathbb R^\omega$ isomorphic to a Tychonoff product of locally compact Abelian groups?

It is known that any closed linear subspace of $\mathbb R^\omega$ is topologically isomorphic to $\mathbb R^n$ for some $n\in\omega$. Problem 1. Is each closed subgroup of $\mathbb Z^\omega$ (or ...
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Are all compact subsets of Banach spaces small in a measure-theoretic sense?

Definition. A subset $K$ of a topological group $X$ is called measure-continuous if there exists a $\sigma$-additive Borel probability measure $\mu$ on $X$ such that for every compact subset $C\subset ...
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A section over an orbit space

Let $G$ be a compact second countable Hausdorff group, and let $X=G/H$ be a homogeneous space with $H\subset G$ a closed subgroup. Let further $K\subset G$ be another closed subgroup. Questions: ...
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Distance for $GL_n(\mathbb{R})/GL_n(\mathbb{Z})$

One can define the convergence of a sequence $(\Lambda_k)_k$ of full rank lattices as folow : $(\Lambda_k)\underset{k\rightarrow +\infty}{\longrightarrow} \Lambda \iff \forall k\in \mathbb{N} ,\exists ...
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Haar-$\mathcal{I}$ set and Polish groups

Let $\mathcal{I}$ be a semi-ideal of sets with empty interior on a compact metrizable space $K$. Let an $F_σ$-set $A$ in a Polish group $X$ generically Haar-$\mathcal{I}$. Then is $A$ always ...
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If $H$ and $Z$ are closed subgroups generating $G$, is $H \times Z \rightarrow G$ an open map?

Let $G$ be a Hausdorff topological group with center $Z$ and closed subgroup $H$. Suppose that $H.Z = G$. Is the product map $$H \times Z \rightarrow G$$ necessarily an open map? That is, can we ...
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Every quasicharacter of an open subgroup extends to a quasicharacter on the whole group

Let $H$ be an open subgroup of a locally compact Hausdorff abelian group $G$. Assume that $G/H$ is a finitely generated abelian group. Let $\chi: H \rightarrow \mathbb{C}^{\ast}$ be a continuous ...
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Is $Alt_\omega$ a dense subgroup of a non-discrete locally compact topological group?

Let $S_\omega$ be the group of bijections of the countable ordinal $\omega:=\{0,1,2,\dots\}$ and $Alt_\omega$ be the subgroup of $S_\omega$ consisting of even permutations of $\omega$ (i.e., the ...
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