Throughout this abstract, G is a topological Abelian group and $\hat G$ is the space of continuous homomorphisms from G into the circle group ${\mathbb{T}}$ in the compact-open topology. A dense subgroup D of G is said to determine G if the (necessarily continuous) surjective isomorphism $\hat G \to \hat D$ given by $h \mapsto h\left| D \right.$ is a homeomorphism, and G is determined if each dense subgroup of G determines G. The principal result in this area, obtained independently by L. Außenhofer and M. J. Chasco, is the following: Every metrizable group is determined. The authors offer several related results, including these. 1. There are (many) nonmetrizable, noncompact, determined groups. 2. If the dense subgroup Di determines Gi with Gi compact, then $ \oplus _i D_i $ determines ΠiGi. In particular, if each Gi is compact then $ \oplus _i G_i $ determines ΠiGi. 3. Let G be a locally bounded group and let G+ denote G with its Bohr topology. Then G is determined if and only if G+ is determined. 4. Let non $\left( {\mathcal{N}} \right)$ be the least cardinal κ such that some $X \subseteq {\mathbb{T}}$ of cardinality κ has positive outer measure. No compact G with $w\left( G \right) \geqslant non\left( {\mathcal{N}} \right)$ is determined; thus if $\left( {\mathcal{N}} \right) = {\mathfrak{N}}_1 $ (in particular if CH holds), an infinite compact group G is determined if and only if w(G) = ω. Question. Is there in ZFC a cardinal κ such that a compact group G is determined if and only if w(G) < κ? Is $\kappa = non\left( {\mathcal{N}} \right)?\kappa = {\mathfrak{N}}_1 ?$
30 August 2007 in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Every pseudocompact Abelian group of uncountable weight has both a proper dense pseudocompact subgroup and a strictly finer pseudocompact group topology.