Each second countable abelian group is a subgroup of a second countable divisible group
General Topology
2008-10-20 v1 Group Theory
Abstract
It is shown that each pseudonorm defined on a subgroup of an abelian group can be extended to a pseudonorm on such that the densities of the obtained pseudometrizable topological groups coincide. We derive from this that any Hausdorff -bounded group topology on can be extended to a Hausdorff -bounded group topology on . In its turn this result implies that each separable metrizable abelian group is a subgroup of a separable metrizable divisible group . This result essentially relies on the Axiom of Choice and is not true under the Axiom of Determinacy (which contradicts to the Axiom of Choice but implies the Countable Axiom of Choice).
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@article{arxiv.0810.3030,
title = {Each second countable abelian group is a subgroup of a second countable divisible group},
author = {T. Banakh and L. Zdomskyy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.3030},
year = {2008}
}
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7 pages