Two weak forms of countability axioms in free topological groups

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Abstract: Given a Tychonoff space X, let F(X) and A(X) be respectively the free topological group and the free Abelian topological group over X in the sense of Markov. For every ninmathbbN, let Fn(X) (resp. An(X)) denote the subspace of F(X) (resp. A(X)) that consists of words of reduced length at most n with respect to the free basis X. In this paper, we discuss two weak forms of countability axioms in F(X) or A(X), namely the csf-countability and snf-countability. We provide some characterizations of the csf-countability and snf-countability of F(X) and A(X) for various classes of spaces X. In addition, we also study the csf-countability and snf-countability of Fn(X) or An(X), for n=2,3,4. Some results of Arhangel'skivi in cite{A1980} and Yamada in cite{Y1998} are generalized. An affirmative answer to an open question posed by Li et al. in cite{LLL} is provided.


Let \(F(X)\) and \(A(X)\), respectively, be the free topological group and the free abelian topological group over a given Tychonoff space \(X\) in the sense of \textit{A. A. Markoff, jun.} [C. R. Acad. Sci. URSS (2) 31, 299--301 (1941; JFM 67.0750.01)]. For every \(n\in \mathbb{N}\) let \(F_n(X)\) (resp., \(A_n(X))\) denote the subspace of \(F(X)\) (resp., \(A(X)\)) that consists of words of reduced length at most \(n\) with respect to the free basis \(X\). In this paper, two weak forms of countability axioms in \(F(X)\) and \(A(X)\), namely \textit{csf}-countability and \textit{snf}-countability are considered and some characterizations of \textit{csf}-countability and \textit{snf}-countability of \(F(X)\) and \(A(X)\) for various classes of spaces \(X\) are given. Further, \(csf\)-countability and \textit{snf}-countability of \(F_n(X)\) and \(A_n(X)\), for \(n =2, 3, 4\) are given.











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