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arxiv: 1101.4504 · v1 · pith:USNG2VE7new · submitted 2011-01-24 · 🧮 math.GN · math.GR

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

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keywords abeliangroupsprecompactbairecompactpropertyreflexivealmost
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We present a wide class of reflexive, precompact, non-compact, Abelian topological groups $G$ determined by three requirements. They must have the Baire property, satisfy the \textit{open refinement condition}, and contain no infinite compact subsets. This combination of properties guarantees that all compact subsets of the dual group $G^\wedge$ are finite. We also show that many (non-reflexive) precompact Abelian groups are quotients of reflexive precompact Abelian groups. This includes all precompact almost metrizable groups with the Baire property and their products. Finally, given a compact Abelian group $G$ of weight $\geq 2^\om$, we find proper dense subgroups $H_1$ and $H_2$ of $G$ such that $H_1$ is reflexive and pseudocompact, while $H_2$ is non-reflexive and almost metrizable.

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