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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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Topological structure of SO(n) as a product

I’m interested in the question for which $n$ the special orthogonal group is homeomorphic to the product $$ \mathrm{SO}(n) \approx S^{n-1} \times \mathrm{SO}(n-1). $$ Allen Hatcher [1, p. 293 f.] cl …
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