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Characterization of Vilenkin group

It is shown in [1, Section 1] by C.W. Onneweer that every infinite compact, metrizable, zero-dimensional commutative group is a Vilenkin group. My question is does this implication also hold if we ...
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How a profinite group can be obtained from its normal open subgroups?

Let $\Delta$ be a set, each element of which is a profinite group (2 distinct elements of $\Delta$ may be isomorphic). Under what conditions on $\Delta$, there exists a profinite group $G$ which has $\...
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Continuous function defined by measurable sets

Is the following slightly generalization of Corollary 20.17 in Hewitt and Ross Book (page 296) correct? Let $A$ be a subset of a profinite group $G$ ( compact, Hausdorff, totally disconnected ...
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What are the LCA groups that are the Pontryagin dual of a locally profinite abelian group?

For certain subcategories of LCA groups, we have nice descriptions of the dual category under Pontryagin duality (all groups are implicitly assumed to be abelian): finite groups $\leftrightarrow$ ...