On the lattice of weak topologies on the bicyclic monoid with adjoined zero

S. Bardyla ; O. Gutik

Algebra and discrete mathematics, Tome 30 (2020) no. 1, pp. 26-43

Résumé

A Hausdorff topology $\tau$ on the bicyclic monoid with adjoined zero $\mathcal{C}^0$ is called weak if it is contained in the coarsest inverse semigroup topology on $\mathcal{C}^0$. We show that the lattice $\mathcal{W}$ of all weak shift-continuous topologies on $\mathcal{C}^0$ is isomorphic to the lattice $\mathcal{SIF}^1\times\mathcal{SIF}^1$ where $\mathcal{SIF}^1$ is the set of all shift-invariant filters on $\omega$ with an attached element $1$ endowed with the following partial order: $\mathcal{F}\leq \mathcal{G}$ if and only if $\mathcal{G}=1$ or $\mathcal{F}\subset \mathcal{G}$. Also, we investigate cardinal characteristics of the lattice $\mathcal{W}$. In particular, we prove that $\mathcal{W}$ contains an antichain of cardinality $2^{\mathfrak{c}}$ and a well-ordered chain of cardinality $\mathfrak{c}$. Moreover, there exists a well-ordered chain of first-countable weak topologies of order type $\mathfrak{t}$.

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Keywords: lattice of topologies, bicyclic monoid, shift-continuous topology.