Groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutations

In this paper, it is proved that no nontrivial proper normal subgroup of the group of permutations of a set X can be the group of homeomorphisms of (X,T) for any topology T on X.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: P. T. Ramachandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1991-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171291000650
id doaj-b79b00527cc945149d9298f571797228
record_format Article
spelling doaj-b79b00527cc945149d9298f5717972282020-11-24T22:08:35ZengHindawi LimitedInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04251991-01-0114347548010.1155/S0161171291000650Groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutationsP. T. Ramachandran0Department of Mathematics, Calicut University P.O., Pin 673 635, IndiaIn this paper, it is proved that no nontrivial proper normal subgroup of the group of permutations of a set X can be the group of homeomorphisms of (X,T) for any topology T on X.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171291000650
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author P. T. Ramachandran
spellingShingle P. T. Ramachandran
Groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutations
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
author_facet P. T. Ramachandran
author_sort P. T. Ramachandran
title Groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutations
title_short Groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutations
title_full Groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutations
title_fullStr Groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutations
title_full_unstemmed Groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutations
title_sort groups of homeomorphisms and normal subgroups of the group of permutations
publisher Hindawi Limited
series International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
issn 0161-1712
1687-0425
publishDate 1991-01-01
description In this paper, it is proved that no nontrivial proper normal subgroup of the group of permutations of a set X can be the group of homeomorphisms of (X,T) for any topology T on X.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171291000650
work_keys_str_mv AT ptramachandran groupsofhomeomorphismsandnormalsubgroupsofthegroupofpermutations
_version_ 1725815844561223680