The character of topological groups, via bounded systems, Pontryagin-van Kampen duality and pcf theory

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2014.06.040zbMATH Open1297.22002arXiv1005.0577OpenAlexW2046557263MaRDI QIDQ743906FDOQ743906

Authors: Cristina Chis, Salvador Hernández, Boaz Tsaban, M. V. Ferrer 

Publication date: 1 October 2014

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Birkhoff--Kakutani Theorem asserts that a topological group is metrizable if and only if it has countable character. We develop and apply tools for the estimation of the character for a wide class of nonmetrizable topological groups. We consider abelian groups whose topology is determined by a countable cofinal family of compact sets. These are the closed subgroups of Pontryagin--van Kampen duals of emph{metrizable} abelian groups, or equivalently, complete abelian groups whose dual is metrizable. By investigating these connections, we show that also in these cases, the character can be estimated, and that it is determined by the weights of the emph{compact} subsets of the group, or of quotients of the group by compact subgroups. It follows, for example, that the density and the local density of an abelian metrizable group determine the character of its dual group. Our main result applies to the more general case of closed subgroups of Pontryagin--van Kampen duals of abelian v{C}ech-complete groups. In the special case of free abelian topological groups, our results extend a number of results of Nickolas and Tkachenko, which were proved using combinatorial methods. In order to obtain concrete estimations, we establish a natural bridge between the studied concepts and pcf theory, that allows the direct application of several major results from that theory. We include an introduction to these results and their use.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.0577

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zbMATH Keywords

dual groupcompact-open topologyfree topological groupmetrizable grouppcf theorylocally quasi-convex groupcofinalitybounded setscharacter of a topological groupPontryagin-van Kampen duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure of general topological groups (22A05) Topological groups (topological aspects) (54H11) Consistency and independence results (03E35) Character groups and dual objects (43A40) Cardinality properties (cardinal functions and inequalities, discrete subsets) (54A25) Cardinal characteristics of the continuum (03E17) Ordered sets and their cofinalities; pcf theory (03E04) Applications of set theory (03E75) General properties and structure of LCA groups (22B05) Duality theorems for locally compact groups (22D35)

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