On topological groups of automorphisms (Q6913274)

Let \(X\) be a Tychonoff space and \(\Hom_p(X)\) the space of all homeomorphic bijections \(f:X\rightarrow X\) endowed with the topology of pointwise convergence. The author studies when \(\Hom_p(X)\) is a topological group where the group operation is the composition.\N\NSuppose that \(X\) has no isolated points and that \(X\) is strongly \(n\)-homogeneous for each \(n\) (i.e., for any bijection \(h:A\rightarrow B\) between two finite subsets \(A,B\) of \(X\) there exists \(f\in \Hom_p(X)\) such that \(f|_A=h\)), then the map \(\langle f,g\rangle\mapsto f\circ g\) is not continuous on \(\Hom_p(X)\times \Hom_p(X)\), and the map \(f\mapsto f^{-1}\) is not continuous on \(\Hom_p(X)\). Moreover, for any Tychonoff space \(X\) the author constructs a Tychonoff space \(Y\) such that \(X\) is \(h\)-embedded in \(Y\) as a closed subspace and \(\Hom_p(Y)\) is a topological group.