A.V. Arhangel'skii
On topological and algebraic structure of extremally disconnected semitopological groups

Comment.Math.Univ.Carolinae 41,4 (2000) 803-810.

Abstract:Starting with a very simple proof of Frol\'\i k's theorem on homeomorphisms of extremally disconnected spaces, we show how this theorem implies a well known result of Malychin: that every extremally disconnected topological group contains an open and closed subgroup, consisting of elements of order $2$. We also apply Frol\'\i k's theorem to obtain some further theorems on the structure of extremally disconnected topological groups and of semitopological groups with continuous inverse. In particular, every Lindel\"of extremally disconnected semitopological group with continuous inverse and with square roots is countable, and every extremally disconnected topological field is discrete.

Keywords: extremally disconnected, semitopological group, order 2, Souslin number, Lindel\"of space
AMS Subject Classification: Primary 54H11; Secondary 54A25, 54C05, 54G15

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