A class of abelian groups defined by continuous cross sections in the Bohr topology. (Q1414999)

A subgroup \(H\) of an abelian group \(G\) is a ccs-subgroup of \(G\) if the natural map \(\varphi:G\rightarrow G/H\) has a {continuous cross section}, i.e., a continuous map \(\Gamma: (G/H)^\#\rightarrow G^\#\) such that \(\varphi\circ\Gamma=id_{| G/H}\). (\(\#\) denotes the largest totally bounded topological group topology.) \textit{W. W. Comfort}, \textit{S. Hernández}, \textit{D. Remus} and \textit{F. J. Trigos-Arrieta} [Res. Expo. Math. 24, 57--76 (2001; Zbl 1014.22004)] introduced and studied the class of the \(ACCS(\#)\) groups, that is, the class of groups \(H\) that are ccs-subgroups of any enveloping group \(G\). In the present paper, necessary conditions for ccs-groups are given. This provides an upper bound for the size of the reduced groups (groups whose only divisible subgroup is \(\{e\}\)) in \(ACCS(\#)\) (so that the reduced groups in \(ACCS(\#)\) form a set) and shows that large powers may belong to \(ACCS(\#)\) only if they are divisible. This gives a large class of new examples of non ccs-subgroups. New properties of the class \(ACCS(\#)\) are established, e.g., closure with the expectation of taking extensions and direct summands. This provides new examples of ccs-groups. For example, there exist \(c\)-many pairwise nonisomorphic rank-one torsion-free (reduced) groups and \(c\)-many pairwise nonisomorphic reduced groups, each of size \(c\).