Coatomic connected groups (Q923737)

The authors proves that in any nontrivial connected locally compact group there is a closed subgroup that is not an intersection of maximal closed subgroups. This is a solution of Problem VII.13b from the collection Unsolved problems in topological algebra [Preprint, Kishinev (1985)]. The author uses facts from his paper with \textit{G. A. Margulis} [J. Algebra 69, No.1, 1-23 (1981; Zbl 0457.20046)].