The Dieudonné \(\tau\)-complete spaces and free topological groups of uniform spaces (Q2217249)

The authors investigate the uniformity generated by all continuous mappings of a Tychonoff space to metric spaces of weight less than or equal to a given cardinal \(\tau\). By studying the completion of such uniformity (called Dieudonné \(\tau\)-completion), they provide some generalization of results about the Dieudonné completion itself. Finally, the authors study the free topological group of the Dieudonné \(\tau\)-completion, obtaining some interesting consequences. In addition, they prove that the Weil completion of the free topological group coincides with its Raikov completion and that the free topological groups in the sense of \textit{T. Nakayama} [Proc. Imp. Acad. Tokyo 19, 471--475 (1943; Zbl 0063.05899)] and \textit{E. C. Nummela} [Topology Appl. 13, 77--83 (1982; Zbl 0471.22001)] coincide.