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Topological groups all continuous automorphisms of which are open

Group Theory 2019-12-24 v1 Functional Analysis General Topology

Abstract

A topological space is reversible if each continuous bijection of it onto itself is open. We introduce an analogue of this notion in the category of topological groups: A topological group G is g-reversible if every continuous automorphism of G (=continuous isomorphism of G onto itself) is open. The class of g-reversible groups contains Polish groups, locally compact sigma-compact groups, minimal groups, abelian groups with the Bohr topology, and reversible topological groups. We prove that subgroups of R^n are g-reversible, for every positive integer n. An example of a compact (so reversible) metric abelian group having a countable dense non-g-reversible subgroup is given. We also highlight the differences between reversible spaces and g-reversible topological groups. Many open problems are scattered throughout the paper.

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@article{arxiv.1912.10224,
  title  = {Topological groups all continuous automorphisms of which are open},
  author = {Vitalij Chatyrko and Dmitri Shakhmatov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.10224},
  year   = {2019}
}
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