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Topologization of sets endowed with an action of a monoid

General Topology 2014-12-04 v2

Abstract

Given a set XX and a family GG of self-maps of XX, we study the problem of the existence of a non-discrete Hausdorff topology on XX with respect to which all functions fGf\in G are continuous. A topology on XX with this property is called a GG-topology. The answer is given in terms of the Zariski GG-topology ζG\zeta_G on XX, that is, the topology generated by the subbase consisting of the sets {xX:f(x)g(x)}\{x\in X:f(x)\ne g(x)\} and {xX:f(x)c}\{x\in X:f(x)\ne c\}, where f,gGf,g\in G and cXc\in X. We prove that, for a countable monoid GXXG\subset X^X, XX admits a non-discrete Hausdorff GG-topology if and only if the Zariski GG-topology ζG\zeta_G is non-discrete; moreover, in this case, XX admits 2c2^{\mathfrak c} hereditarily normal GG-topologies.

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@article{arxiv.1112.5729,
  title  = {Topologization of sets endowed with an action of a monoid},
  author = {Taras Banakh and Igor Protasov and Olga Sipacheva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.5729},
  year   = {2014}
}

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10 pages