Questions tagged [topological-groups]
A topological group is a group $G$ together with a topology on the elements of $G$ such that the group operation and group inverse function are both continuous (with respect to the topology).
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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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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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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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If G is a sequential topological group, must G x G be sequential?
Using standard definitions, the topological space $Y$ is sequential if for each nonclosed $A \subset Y$, there exists a convergent sequence $a_{1}$ , $a_{2}$,...$\rightarrow b$
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Weil's book L'intégration dans les groupes topologiques et ses applications
The book L'intégration dans les groupes topologiques et ses applications published by André Weil in 1940 is regarded as one of the classical references for harmonic analysis on topological groups.
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Mistake on article about Bohr compactification?
$\DeclareMathOperator\b{b}\newcommand\B{{\operatorname B}}$I wish to get help understanding the content of two theorems of [Iva] that seem mutually contradictory. First some context. Let $\b(\mathbb{R}...
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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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A generalization of residual finiteness to topological groups
Consider the following generalization of residual finiteness to
topological groups.
A locally compact Hausdorff group $G$ is called residually compact if
for every compact $K \subseteq G$ there is a ...
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Splendid groups
The following definition has arisen naturally in two papers of mine. The papers are on rather unrelated topics; of course they are within my narrow interests, so there's some symbolic dynamics ...
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A meager subgroup of the real line, which cannot be covered by countably many closed subsets of measure zero?
Is there a ZFC-example of a subgroup $H$ of the real line $\mathbb R$ such $H$ is meager, has zero Lebesgue measure, but cannot be covered by countably many closed subsets of measure zero in $\mathbb ...
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To what extent has the Haar measure been generalized?
It is known that all locally compact groups, and therefore compact groups, have a left-invariant Haar measure which is unique up to scalar constant, also a right-invariant one. Is there a strictly ...
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Congruence Subgroups as Open Subgroups of the Modular Group Under the Right Topology
It occurred to me that a subgroup of the modular group $\Gamma$ is a congruence subgroup iff it contains a subgroup of the form $\Gamma(N)$, while a subgroup of a general topological group is open iff ...
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Restriction of "$\pi_{1}$" to topological groups
Let $G$ and $H$ be two topological groups. Assume that $\phi:\pi_{1}(G) \to \pi_{1}(H)$ is a group homomorphism. Is there a continuous function $f:G\to H$ such that $f_{*}=\phi$?
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Which compact groups have finitely many irreducible representations of each dimension?
If my understanding is correct, this is true of sufficiently nice nonabelian Lie groups (see Ben Webster's answer below), and any finite group. On the other hand, this is false for any infinite ...
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Does almost every pair of elements in a compact Lie group generates the connected component?
It is known that almost every pair of elements in a connected compact Lie group (topologically) generates the group.
Obviously this isn't true for non-connected groups but
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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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Start with a topological group, take the meet of the two uniformities, and take the topology. Is the result again a topological group? [xpost from math.SE]
And what else can be said, if so?
(Original math.SE post)
In more detail: Say $(G,\mathscr{T})$ is a topological group. It has a left uniformity $\mathscr{L}$ and a right uniformity $\mathscr{R}$. (...
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Stone–Čech compactification as a semigroup
Let $G$ be a topological group (we can assume that $G$ is countable and discrete) and let $\beta(G)$ be the Stone–Čech compactification of $G$. It is known that $\beta(G)$ can be turned into a left ...
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Non-isomorphic two-transitive permutation groups with isomorphic point stabilizers
The permutation groups $A = PSL(2,7)$ with its natural action on the projective line $\mathbb{P}^1(\mathbb{F}_7)$ and $B = A\Gamma L(1,8)$ with its natural action on the affine line $\mathbb{F}_8$ ...
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Does every topological group embed as a closed subgroup in an amenable group?
It is a standard result that closed subgroups of locally compact amenable groups are themselves amenable, so for example $F_2$, the free group on two generators, cannot be embedded as a closed ...
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Which topological spaces are coset spaces of locally compact groups?
What is a topological characterization of the class of spaces that have the form $G/H$ for a locally compact, Hausdorff group $G$ and a closed subgroup $H$ ?
Such a space $X=G/H$ necessarily ...
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(Closures of sets of) operations in topological groups.
Let $G$ be a topological group. For each $n \in \mathbb{Z}$, consider the continuous functions $f_{n} \colon G \to G : x \mapsto x^{n}$, and set $F := \{f_{n} \mid n \in \mathbb{Z}\}$.
Is there a ...
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Metric completion of an algebraically closed field is algebraically closed?
Let $F$ be a complete metric topological field. Suppose there is a subfield $F_1 \subset F$, algebraically closed and topoolgically dense in $F$. Must $F$ itself be algebraically closed?
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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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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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Is the quotient map of the action of homeomorphisms on embeddings well-behaved?
It is well known that if $M$ and $N$ are smooth manifolds, the diffeomorphisms $Diff(M)$ act continuously on the smooth embeddings $Emb^{C^\infty}(M,N)$ by precomposition, if both are given the $C^\...
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Two Definitions of "Character" of topological groups
When I first met the concept of "characters" of topological groups in Pontryagin's book "Topological groups", it was defined as follows:
Let $G$ be a topological group. A ...
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Actions of locally compact groups on the hyperfinite $II_1$ factor
Let $R$ be the hyperfinite $II_1$ factor, and let $G$ be a locally compact group.
(1) Does there always exist a continuous, (faithful) outer action of $G$ on $R$?
(2) If so, how does one ...
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6-functor formalism for topological stacks
I am trying to understand the 6-functor formalism of sheaves on topological stacks. As explained in this answer, there is a 6-functor formalism of sheaves for locally compact Hausdorff spaces, which ...
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How do you recover the structure of the upper half plane from its description as a coset space?
This is maybe a dumb question. $SL_2(\mathbb{R})$ has a natural action on the upper half plane $\mathbb{H}$ which is transitive with stabilizer isomorphic to $SO_2(\mathbb{R})$. For this reason, ...
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Are there extremally disconnected groups?
A Hausdorff space is called extremally disconnected or extreme, if for every open set $U$ the closure $\overline U$ is open, too. The question, whether there are extremally disconnected topological ...
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Epimorphisms have dense range in TopHausGrp?
Consider the category of Topological Groups with continuous homomorphisms. Then a continuous homomorphism $f:G\rightarrow H$ with dense range is an epimorphism. Is the converse true? If not, what ...
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Homeomorphisms vs Borel automorphisms
Let $\mathrm{Homeo}(M)$ and $\mathrm{Borel}(M)$ be the groups of homeomorphic and Borel automorphisms of a space $M$, respectively.
Question: Are $\mathrm{Homeo}(M)$ and $\mathrm{Borel}(M)$ ...
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Understanding Bruhat's notion of Schwartz function
I am trying to understand Bruhat's generalized Schwartz functions over (Hausforff) locally compact Abelian groups [1], following this paper [2] by Osborne. There, the Schwartz-Bruhat space $\mathscr{...
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Why the circle for Pontryagin duality? [duplicate]
For a locally compact group $G$, we define the Pontryagin dual as $\hat G = Hom(G,\mathbb T)$ where $\mathbb T$ is the circle group and the homomorphisms are continuous group maps. This duality has a ...
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Compact Quantum Groups and the Existence of the Classical Haar Measure
Before I state my question, let me provide the definition of a compact quantum group.
Definition: An ordered pair $ \mathscr{G} = (\mathscr{A},\Phi) $ is called a compact quantum group if
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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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Topological HNN extensions
First, let me recall what an abstract HNN extension is. Let $G$ be an abstract group, $A, B < G$ be subgroups of $G$ and $\phi : A \to B$ be an isomorphisms. Then there is a group $H$ and an ...
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Which results in probabilistic group theory generalize from finite groups to compact Hausdorff groups (and which don't)?
Let $G$ be a finite group. It has been shown that:
If the probability that two randomly selected elements of $G$ generate an abelian group is greater than $5/8$, $G$ is abelian.
If the probability ...
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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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When do isometric actions exist?
Let $X$ be a metrizable topological space and $G$ be a locally compact group. Given a continuous (left) action of $G$ on $X$, is there a metric on $X$, compatible with the topology, for which the ...
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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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non-artificial examples of non-smooth and non-admissible representations of GL_2
Let $F$ be a finite degree extension over $\mathbf{Q}_p$ and consider the locally profinite group $G:=GL_2(\mathbf{Q}_p)$.
P1: Give an interesting example (non-artificial one, i.e., one that arises ...
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Existence of a strongly continuous topologically irreducible representation of a compact group on an infinite dimensional Banach space?
Does there exists a triple $(G, X, \pi)$, where $G$ is a compact group, $X$ an infinite dimensional Banach space over $\mathbf{C}$, and $\pi : G \to B(X)$ a strongly continuous representation of $G$, ...
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The rigidity of the countable product of free groups
For a natural number $n$ let $F_n$ be the free group with $n$ generators.
The group $F_n$ is endowed with the discrete topology.
Given an increasing sequence $\vec p=(p_k)_{k\in\omega}$ of prime ...
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Group of isometries of Banach spaces a topological group?
Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $\mathrm{Iso}(X)$ be its group of isometries, i.e., the set of surjective linear maps $T: X \to X$ with $\|Tx\| = \|x\|$.
Q: Is $\mathrm{Iso}(X)$ a topological group ...
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Is there a topological group with the small index property that does not have automatic continuity?
Here are the exact definitions of the terms:
Let $G$ be a topological group.
Then $G$ has the small index property if every subgroup of countable (including finite) index is open in $G$. Furthermore,...
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Group completion of topological monoids
Let $M$ be an abelian monoid. For sake of simplicity we shall assume that in $M$ the cancellation law holds true. With this last assumption we define the group completion $G$ of $M$ as $$G:=M\times M/\...
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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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What does the $p$-adic closure of an arithmetic lattice look like?
Let $\Gamma$ be an arithmetic lattice in a linear algebraic $\mathbb{Q}$-group $\mathbf{G}$, that is, $\Gamma$ is a subgroup of $\mathbf{G}(\mathbb{Q})$ that is commensurable with $\mathbf{G}(\mathbb{...
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