Infinitesimal topological generators and quasi non-Archimedean topological groups

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2016.12.019zbMATH Open1377.22002arXiv1505.00415OpenAlexW2569482380MaRDI QIDQ505385FDOQ505385

Authors: Tsachik Gelander, François Le Maître 

Publication date: 20 January 2017

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that connected separable locally compact groups are infinitesimally finitely generated, meaning that there is an integer $n$ such that every neighborhood of the identity contains $n$ elements generating a dense subgroup. We generalize a theorem of Schreier and Ulam by showing that any separable connected compact group is infinitesimally $2$-generated. Inspired by a result of Kechris, we introduce the notion of a quasi non-archimedean group. We observe that full groups are quasi non-archimedean, and that every continuous homomorphism from an infinitesimally finitely generated group into a quasi non-archimedean group is trivial. We prove that a locally compact group is quasi non-archimedean if and only if it is totally disconnected, and provide various examples which show that the picture is much richer for Polish groups. In particular, we get an example of a Polish group which is infinitesimally $1$-generated but totally disconnected, strengthening Stevens' negative answer to Problem 160 from the Scottish book.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.00415

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zbMATH Keywords

Lie groupslocally compact groupsnon-Archimedean groupstopological generators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure of general topological groups (22A05) Topological groups (topological aspects) (54H11)

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