On Baire Measurable Homomorphisms of Quotients of the Additive Group of the Reals (Q4511549)

Let \(D\), \(G\) be arbitrary subgroups of the additive group \(\mathbb R\) of the reals, and \(G\) be at most countable. Let \(h:\mathbb R/D\to\mathbb R/G\) be a homomorphism such that \(h^{-1}(U)\) has the Baire property for each open \(U\subset \mathbb R/G\). The authors prove that then there is a lifting \(H:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R\) of \(h\) which is of the form \(cx\), where \(c\in\mathbb R\) satisfies \(cD\subset G\). In particular, there are only trivial automorphisms of \(\mathbb R/G\) which are Baire measurable in the mentioned sense. It is shown that the countability of \(G\) is essential.