On mobs with certain group-like properties

Topological groupoids with"approximate" inverses are studied. In the compact case, these"approximate" inverses turn out to be true inverses. Examples of groupoids wL:h"approximate" inverses are given in the section dealing with function spaces. Using the classical construction of Haar as a guide, we succeed in obtaining a (non-trivial) regular, right-invariant measure over a locally compact left group satisfying the conditions: a) open sets are preserved by left translation b) each group component is open. In the section dealing with integrals, we consider a compact metric topological semigroup that is right simple 3nd possesses a right contractive metric (ρ(xz,yz) ≤ ρ(x,y)). It is shown that such a structure always carries a non-trivial right-invariant integral. Throughout the entire development, associativity is invoked only once. The investigation concludes with a section dealing with sufficient conditions under which binary-topological systems become topological groups. A mob-group is defined to be a T_o-space which is also an algebraic group. A theorem in the last section states that a mob-group is a topological group iff given any open set W about the identity, W ∩ W⁻¹ has non-void interior.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mathematics

Department dc:contributor.department

Mathematics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1965

Author dc:creator

• Chew, James Francis

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• In Copyright

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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en_US

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/94545

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oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/94545