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Papers by M. Tkachenko

Research paper thumbnail of A compact Hausdorff topology that is a T1-complement of itself

Fundamenta Mathematicae, 2002

Topologies τ 1 and τ 2 on a set X are called T 1-complementary if τ 1 ∩ τ 2 = {X \ F : F ⊆ X is f... more Topologies τ 1 and τ 2 on a set X are called T 1-complementary if τ 1 ∩ τ 2 = {X \ F : F ⊆ X is finite} ∪ {∅} and τ 1 ∪ τ 2 is a subbase for the discrete topology on X. Topological spaces (X, τ X) and (Y, τ Y) are called T 1-complementary provided that there exists a bijection f : X → Y such that τ X and {f −1 (U) : U ∈ τ Y } are T 1-complementary topologies on X. We provide an example of a compact Hausdorff space of size 2 c which is T 1-complementary to itself (c denotes the cardinality of the continuum). We prove that the existence of a compact Hausdorff space of size c that is T 1-complementary to itself is both consistent with and independent of ZFC. On the other hand, we construct in ZFC a countably compact Tikhonov space of size c which is T 1-complementary to itself and a compact Hausdorff space of size c which is T 1-complementary to a countably compact Tikhonov space. The last two examples have the smallest possible size: It is consistent with ZFC that c is the smallest cardinality of an infinite set admitting two Hausdorff T 1-complementary topologies [8]. Our results provide complete solutions to Problems 160 and 161 (both posed by S. Watson [14]) from Open Problems in Topology (North-Holland, 1990).

Research paper thumbnail of On transversal group topologies

Topology and its Applications, 2005

Two non-discrete Hausdorff group topologies τ 1 , τ 2 on a group G are called transversal if the ... more Two non-discrete Hausdorff group topologies τ 1 , τ 2 on a group G are called transversal if the least upper bound τ 1 ∨ τ 2 of τ 1 and τ 2 is the discrete topology. We show that an infinite totally bounded topological group never admits a transversal group topology and we obtain a new criterion for precompactness in lattice-theoretical terms (the existence of transversal group topologies) for a large class of Abelian groups containing all divisible and all finitely generated groups. A full description is given of the class M of all abstract Abelian groups G where this criterion is valid (i.e., when the non-precompact group topologies on G are precisely the transversable ones). It turns out that M is the class of groups G for which the submaximal topology is precompact. We also give a complete description of the structure of the transversable locally compact Abelian groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Cellularity and the index of narrowness in topological groups

Research paper thumbnail of Varieties generated by countably compact Abelian groups

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

We prove under the assumption of Martin's Axiom that every precompact Abelian group of size l... more We prove under the assumption of Martin's Axiom that every precompact Abelian group of size less than or equal to 2^\omega belongs to the smallest class of groups that contains all Abelian countably compact groups and is closed under direct products, taking closed subgroups and continuous isomorphic images.

Research paper thumbnail of Transversal group topologies on non-abelian groups

Topology and its Applications, 2006

Two non-discrete Hausdorff group topologies τ 1 , τ 2 on a group G are called transversal if the ... more Two non-discrete Hausdorff group topologies τ 1 , τ 2 on a group G are called transversal if the least upper bound τ 1 ∨ τ 2 of τ 1 and τ 2 is the discrete topology. We give a complete description of the transversable locally compact groups in the case they are connected (earlier, the authors gave such a description in the abelian case). In particular, a connected Lie group is transversable if and only if its center is not compact.

Research paper thumbnail of Pontryagin duality in the class of precompact Abelian groups and the Baire property

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Topological groups with thin generating sets

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Algebraic structure of small countably compact Abelian groups

Forum Mathematicum, 2003

We prove under the assumption of Martin's Axiom that every precompact Abelian group of size ≤ 2 ℵ... more We prove under the assumption of Martin's Axiom that every precompact Abelian group of size ≤ 2 ℵ 0 belongs to the smallest class of groups that contains all Abelian countably compact groups and is closed under direct products, taking closed subgroups and continuous isomorphic images.

Research paper thumbnail of Productive Properties in Topological Groups

According to the celebrated theorem of Comfort and Ross (1966), the product of an arbitrary famil... more According to the celebrated theorem of Comfort and Ross (1966), the product of an arbitrary family of pseudocompact topological groups is pseudocompact. We present an overview of several important generalizations of this result, both of “absolute” and “relative” nature. One of them is the preservation of functional boundedness for subsets of topological groups. Also we consider close notions of C-compactness and r-pseudocompactness for subsets of Tychonoff spaces and establish their productivity in the class of topological groups. Finally, we give a very brief overview of productivity properties in paratopological and semitopological groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Pseudocompact Topological Groups

Pseudocompact Topological Spaces

Topological groups constitute a very special subclass of topological spaces. Every topological gr... more Topological groups constitute a very special subclass of topological spaces. Every topological group satisfying the \(T_0\) separation axiom is automatically Tychonoff, which means that in the class of topological groups, the axioms of separation \(T_0\), \(T_1\), \(T_2\), \(T_3\) and \(T_{3.5}\) are all equivalent.

Research paper thumbnail of Remainders of products, topological groups and C-spaces

Topology and its Applications

Abstract Let X = ∏ i ∈ I X i be a product of non-compact spaces. We show that if | I | > ω , t... more Abstract Let X = ∏ i ∈ I X i be a product of non-compact spaces. We show that if | I | > ω , then the remainder Y = b X ∖ X is pseudocompact, for any compactification bX of X. In fact, this theorem follows from a more general result about spaces with an ω-directed lattice of d-open mappings. Under the additional assumption that the space X has countable cellularity, we prove that the remainder Y is C-embedded in bX and that β Y = b X . We apply these results to the remainders of topological groups and spaces of continuous functions with the pointwise convergence topology. For example, we prove that if X is an uncountable space and G is a non-compact topological group, then every remainder of C p ( X , G ) is pseudocompact provided C p ( X , G ) is dense in G X .

Research paper thumbnail of Compactness type properties in topological groups

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

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Research paper thumbnail of Simply sm-factorizable (para)topological groups and their quotients

Topology and its Applications

Research paper thumbnail of On topologies of free groups

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

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Research paper thumbnail of Local properties and maximal Tychonoff connected spaces

Tsukuba Journal of Mathematics

We prove that, if X is a Tychonoff connected space and X(x, X) ::;; OJ for some x E X, then there... more We prove that, if X is a Tychonoff connected space and X(x, X) ::;; OJ for some x E X, then there exists a strictly stronger Tychonoff connected topology on the space X, i.e., the space X is not maximal Tychonoff connected. We also establish that if X is locally connected or CT-compact or has pointwise countable type then X cannot be maximal Tychonoff connected.

Research paper thumbnail of Strengthening connected Tychonoff topologies

Applied General Topology

The problem of whether a given connected Tychonoff space admits a strictly finer connected Tychon... more The problem of whether a given connected Tychonoff space admits a strictly finer connected Tychonoff topology is considered. We show that every Tychonoff space X satisfying ω (X) ≤ c and c (X) ≤ N0 admits a finer strongly σ-discrete connected Tychonoff topology of weight 2c. We also prove that every connected Tychonoff space is an open continuous image of a connected strongly σ-discrete submetrizable Tychonoff space. The latter result is applied to represent every connected topological group as a quotient of a connected strongly σ-discrete submetrizable topological group.

Research paper thumbnail of The separable quotient problem for topological groups

Israel Journal of Mathematics

The famous Banach-Mazur problem, which asks if every infinitedimensional Banach space has an infi... more The famous Banach-Mazur problem, which asks if every infinitedimensional Banach space has an infinite-dimensional separable quotient Banach space, has remained unsolved for 85 years, though it has been answered in the affirmative for reflexive Banach spaces and even Banach spaces which are duals. The analogous problem for locally convex spaces has been answered in the negative, but has been shown to be true for large classes of locally convex spaces including all non-normable Fréchet spaces. In this paper the analogous problem for topological groups is investigated. Indeed there are four natural analogues: Does every non-totally disconnected topological group have a separable quotient group which is (i) non-trivial; (ii) infinite; (iii) metrizable; (iv) infinite metrizable. All four questions are answered here in the negative. However, positive answers are proved for important classes of topological groups including (a) all compact groups; (b) all locally compact abelian groups; (c) all σ-compact locally compact groups; (d) all abelian pro-Lie groups; (e) all σ-compact pro-Lie groups; (f) all pseudocompact groups. Negative answers are proved for precompact groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Products of topological groups in which all closed subgroups are separable

Topology and its Applications

To the memory of Wistar Comfort (1933-2016), a great topologist and man, to whom we owe much of o... more To the memory of Wistar Comfort (1933-2016), a great topologist and man, to whom we owe much of our inspiration Abstract. We prove that if H is a topological group such that all closed subgroups of H are separable, then the product G × H has the same property for every separable compact group G. Let c be the cardinality of the continuum. Assuming 2 ω 1 = c, we show that there exist: • pseudocompact topological abelian groups G and H such that all closed subgroups of G and H are separable, but the product G × H contains a closed non-separable σ-compact subgroup; • pseudocomplete locally convex vector spaces K and L such that all closed vector subspaces of K and L are separable, but the product K × L contains a closed non-separable σ-compact vector subspace.

Research paper thumbnail of Souslin property in free topological groups on bicompacta

Mathematical Notes of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Pseudocompact topological groups and their properties

Siberian Mathematical Journal

Research paper thumbnail of A compact Hausdorff topology that is a T1-complement of itself

Fundamenta Mathematicae, 2002

Topologies τ 1 and τ 2 on a set X are called T 1-complementary if τ 1 ∩ τ 2 = {X \ F : F ⊆ X is f... more Topologies τ 1 and τ 2 on a set X are called T 1-complementary if τ 1 ∩ τ 2 = {X \ F : F ⊆ X is finite} ∪ {∅} and τ 1 ∪ τ 2 is a subbase for the discrete topology on X. Topological spaces (X, τ X) and (Y, τ Y) are called T 1-complementary provided that there exists a bijection f : X → Y such that τ X and {f −1 (U) : U ∈ τ Y } are T 1-complementary topologies on X. We provide an example of a compact Hausdorff space of size 2 c which is T 1-complementary to itself (c denotes the cardinality of the continuum). We prove that the existence of a compact Hausdorff space of size c that is T 1-complementary to itself is both consistent with and independent of ZFC. On the other hand, we construct in ZFC a countably compact Tikhonov space of size c which is T 1-complementary to itself and a compact Hausdorff space of size c which is T 1-complementary to a countably compact Tikhonov space. The last two examples have the smallest possible size: It is consistent with ZFC that c is the smallest cardinality of an infinite set admitting two Hausdorff T 1-complementary topologies [8]. Our results provide complete solutions to Problems 160 and 161 (both posed by S. Watson [14]) from Open Problems in Topology (North-Holland, 1990).

Research paper thumbnail of On transversal group topologies

Topology and its Applications, 2005

Two non-discrete Hausdorff group topologies τ 1 , τ 2 on a group G are called transversal if the ... more Two non-discrete Hausdorff group topologies τ 1 , τ 2 on a group G are called transversal if the least upper bound τ 1 ∨ τ 2 of τ 1 and τ 2 is the discrete topology. We show that an infinite totally bounded topological group never admits a transversal group topology and we obtain a new criterion for precompactness in lattice-theoretical terms (the existence of transversal group topologies) for a large class of Abelian groups containing all divisible and all finitely generated groups. A full description is given of the class M of all abstract Abelian groups G where this criterion is valid (i.e., when the non-precompact group topologies on G are precisely the transversable ones). It turns out that M is the class of groups G for which the submaximal topology is precompact. We also give a complete description of the structure of the transversable locally compact Abelian groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Cellularity and the index of narrowness in topological groups

Research paper thumbnail of Varieties generated by countably compact Abelian groups

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

We prove under the assumption of Martin's Axiom that every precompact Abelian group of size l... more We prove under the assumption of Martin's Axiom that every precompact Abelian group of size less than or equal to 2^\omega belongs to the smallest class of groups that contains all Abelian countably compact groups and is closed under direct products, taking closed subgroups and continuous isomorphic images.

Research paper thumbnail of Transversal group topologies on non-abelian groups

Topology and its Applications, 2006

Two non-discrete Hausdorff group topologies τ 1 , τ 2 on a group G are called transversal if the ... more Two non-discrete Hausdorff group topologies τ 1 , τ 2 on a group G are called transversal if the least upper bound τ 1 ∨ τ 2 of τ 1 and τ 2 is the discrete topology. We give a complete description of the transversable locally compact groups in the case they are connected (earlier, the authors gave such a description in the abelian case). In particular, a connected Lie group is transversable if and only if its center is not compact.

Research paper thumbnail of Pontryagin duality in the class of precompact Abelian groups and the Baire property

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Topological groups with thin generating sets

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Algebraic structure of small countably compact Abelian groups

Forum Mathematicum, 2003

We prove under the assumption of Martin's Axiom that every precompact Abelian group of size ≤ 2 ℵ... more We prove under the assumption of Martin's Axiom that every precompact Abelian group of size ≤ 2 ℵ 0 belongs to the smallest class of groups that contains all Abelian countably compact groups and is closed under direct products, taking closed subgroups and continuous isomorphic images.

Research paper thumbnail of Productive Properties in Topological Groups

According to the celebrated theorem of Comfort and Ross (1966), the product of an arbitrary famil... more According to the celebrated theorem of Comfort and Ross (1966), the product of an arbitrary family of pseudocompact topological groups is pseudocompact. We present an overview of several important generalizations of this result, both of “absolute” and “relative” nature. One of them is the preservation of functional boundedness for subsets of topological groups. Also we consider close notions of C-compactness and r-pseudocompactness for subsets of Tychonoff spaces and establish their productivity in the class of topological groups. Finally, we give a very brief overview of productivity properties in paratopological and semitopological groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Pseudocompact Topological Groups

Pseudocompact Topological Spaces

Topological groups constitute a very special subclass of topological spaces. Every topological gr... more Topological groups constitute a very special subclass of topological spaces. Every topological group satisfying the \(T_0\) separation axiom is automatically Tychonoff, which means that in the class of topological groups, the axioms of separation \(T_0\), \(T_1\), \(T_2\), \(T_3\) and \(T_{3.5}\) are all equivalent.

Research paper thumbnail of Remainders of products, topological groups and C-spaces

Topology and its Applications

Abstract Let X = ∏ i ∈ I X i be a product of non-compact spaces. We show that if | I | > ω , t... more Abstract Let X = ∏ i ∈ I X i be a product of non-compact spaces. We show that if | I | > ω , then the remainder Y = b X ∖ X is pseudocompact, for any compactification bX of X. In fact, this theorem follows from a more general result about spaces with an ω-directed lattice of d-open mappings. Under the additional assumption that the space X has countable cellularity, we prove that the remainder Y is C-embedded in bX and that β Y = b X . We apply these results to the remainders of topological groups and spaces of continuous functions with the pointwise convergence topology. For example, we prove that if X is an uncountable space and G is a non-compact topological group, then every remainder of C p ( X , G ) is pseudocompact provided C p ( X , G ) is dense in G X .

Research paper thumbnail of Compactness type properties in topological groups

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences provides access to digitized documents ... more Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences provides access to digitized documents strictly for personal use. Each copy of any part of this document must contain these Terms of use.

Research paper thumbnail of Simply sm-factorizable (para)topological groups and their quotients

Topology and its Applications

Research paper thumbnail of On topologies of free groups

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences provides access to digitized documents ... more Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences provides access to digitized documents strictly for personal use. Each copy of any part of this document must contain these Terms of use.

Research paper thumbnail of Local properties and maximal Tychonoff connected spaces

Tsukuba Journal of Mathematics

We prove that, if X is a Tychonoff connected space and X(x, X) ::;; OJ for some x E X, then there... more We prove that, if X is a Tychonoff connected space and X(x, X) ::;; OJ for some x E X, then there exists a strictly stronger Tychonoff connected topology on the space X, i.e., the space X is not maximal Tychonoff connected. We also establish that if X is locally connected or CT-compact or has pointwise countable type then X cannot be maximal Tychonoff connected.

Research paper thumbnail of Strengthening connected Tychonoff topologies

Applied General Topology

The problem of whether a given connected Tychonoff space admits a strictly finer connected Tychon... more The problem of whether a given connected Tychonoff space admits a strictly finer connected Tychonoff topology is considered. We show that every Tychonoff space X satisfying ω (X) ≤ c and c (X) ≤ N0 admits a finer strongly σ-discrete connected Tychonoff topology of weight 2c. We also prove that every connected Tychonoff space is an open continuous image of a connected strongly σ-discrete submetrizable Tychonoff space. The latter result is applied to represent every connected topological group as a quotient of a connected strongly σ-discrete submetrizable topological group.

Research paper thumbnail of The separable quotient problem for topological groups

Israel Journal of Mathematics

The famous Banach-Mazur problem, which asks if every infinitedimensional Banach space has an infi... more The famous Banach-Mazur problem, which asks if every infinitedimensional Banach space has an infinite-dimensional separable quotient Banach space, has remained unsolved for 85 years, though it has been answered in the affirmative for reflexive Banach spaces and even Banach spaces which are duals. The analogous problem for locally convex spaces has been answered in the negative, but has been shown to be true for large classes of locally convex spaces including all non-normable Fréchet spaces. In this paper the analogous problem for topological groups is investigated. Indeed there are four natural analogues: Does every non-totally disconnected topological group have a separable quotient group which is (i) non-trivial; (ii) infinite; (iii) metrizable; (iv) infinite metrizable. All four questions are answered here in the negative. However, positive answers are proved for important classes of topological groups including (a) all compact groups; (b) all locally compact abelian groups; (c) all σ-compact locally compact groups; (d) all abelian pro-Lie groups; (e) all σ-compact pro-Lie groups; (f) all pseudocompact groups. Negative answers are proved for precompact groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Products of topological groups in which all closed subgroups are separable

Topology and its Applications

To the memory of Wistar Comfort (1933-2016), a great topologist and man, to whom we owe much of o... more To the memory of Wistar Comfort (1933-2016), a great topologist and man, to whom we owe much of our inspiration Abstract. We prove that if H is a topological group such that all closed subgroups of H are separable, then the product G × H has the same property for every separable compact group G. Let c be the cardinality of the continuum. Assuming 2 ω 1 = c, we show that there exist: • pseudocompact topological abelian groups G and H such that all closed subgroups of G and H are separable, but the product G × H contains a closed non-separable σ-compact subgroup; • pseudocomplete locally convex vector spaces K and L such that all closed vector subspaces of K and L are separable, but the product K × L contains a closed non-separable σ-compact vector subspace.

Research paper thumbnail of Souslin property in free topological groups on bicompacta

Mathematical Notes of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Pseudocompact topological groups and their properties

Siberian Mathematical Journal