Fixed points of homeomorphisms and basically disconnected groups (Q7010422)

If \(X\) is a paracompact Tychonoff space with \(\dim X<\infty\) and \(h:X\to X\) is a fixed-point-free homeomorphism, then the extension \(\beta h\) of \(h\) to \(\beta X\) is a fixed-point-free homeomorphism as demonstrated by \textit{E. K. van Douwen} [Topology Appl. 51, No. 2, 191--195 (1993; Zbl 0792.54037)]. The present authors show that if \(X\) is a Tychonoff space with \(\dim_0 X<\infty\) and \(h:X\to X\) is a fixed-point-free homeomorphism, and there exists a coarser paracompact topology on \(X\) with respect to which \(h\) remains a homeomorphism, then the extension \(\beta h\) of \(h\) to \(\beta X\) is a fixed-point-free homeomorphism (Theorem 2.7). Moreover, they show that any finite-dimensional \(F\)-group of countable pseudocharacter contains an open Boolean subgroup (Theorem 3.1). They also prove that an \(\omega\)-representable basically disconnected group which is not a \(P\)-space has a nondiscrete basically disconnected topological quotient of countable pseudocharacter containing an open Boolean subgroup (Theorem 3.3).