Compact homeomorphism groups are profinite

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2453-2462

  Hofmann, Karl H ^a   Morris, Sidney A ^b,c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compact group; G space; Homeomorphism group; Profinite group; Slice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860817813     PISSN: 01668641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.topol.2011.09.050     Document Type: Article

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