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Minimally almost periodic group topology on infinite countable Abelian groups: A solution to Comfort's question

Group Theory 2011-10-10 v4 General Topology

Abstract

For any countable subgroup HH of an unbounded Abelian group GG there is a complete Hausdorff group topology τ\tau such that HH is the von Neumann radical of (G,τ)(G,\tau). In particular, we obtain the positive answer to Comfort's question: any unbounded countable Abelian group admits a complete Hausdorff minimally almost periodic (MinAP) group topology. A bounded infinite Abelian group admits a MinAP group topology if and only if all its leading Ulm-Kaplansky invariants are infinite. If, in addition, GG is countably infinite, a MinAP group topology can be chosen to be complete.

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@article{arxiv.1002.1468,
  title  = {Minimally almost periodic group topology on infinite countable Abelian groups: A solution to Comfort's question},
  author = {S. S. Gabriyelyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.1468},
  year   = {2011}
}