On embeddings of topological groups. II. (Q5963987)

In this short paper the author proves that for two given infinite cardinal numbers \(c\) and \(w\) with \(c \leq w\) there exists a topological group \(G\) (resp. an abelian topological group \(G\)) of character and weight not exceeding, respectively, \(c\) and \(2^w\) such that each topological group (resp. each abelian topological group) of character and weight not exceeding, respectively, \(c\) and \(w\) is topologically isomorphic to a subgroup of \(G\). In particular, this applies to metrizable groups (when \(c = \aleph_0\)). The proof involves Raǐkov complete groups. The paper is concluded with a few questions related to the existence of universal topological groups in the classes of, e.g., finite-dimensional/abelian/arbitrary topological groups whose characters and weights are bounded above by fixed cardinals.