On the maximal \(G\)-compactification of products of two \(G\)-spaces (Q2468969)

Let \(G\) be any Hausdorff topological group and let \(\beta_G X\) denote the maximal \(G\)-compactification of a \(G\)-Tychonoff space \(X\) (i.e., a Tychonoff \(G\)-space possesing a \(G\)-compactification). A Tychonoff space is named pseudocompact if every real-valued continuous function is bounded. In this paper, it is proved that if \(X\) and \(Y\) are two \(G\)-Tychonoff spaces such that the product is pseudocompact, then \(\beta_G (X\times Y)=\beta_G X\times \beta_G Y\). This result is a \(G\)-equivariant version of the well known result of \textit{I. Glicksberg} about the product of pseudocompact spaces [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 90, 369--382 (1959; Zbl 0089.38702)], which for \(G\) locally compact was proved earlier by \textit{J. de Vries} [Pac. J. Math. 110, 447--470 (1984; Zbl 0487.54036)]. It is also proved that the equality \(\beta_G (X\times Y)=\beta_G X\times \beta_G Y\) does not imply in general the pseudocompactness of \(X\times Y\), and that if a pseudocompact group \(G\) acts continuously on a pseudocompact space \(X\), then \(\beta_G X=\beta X\).