Algebraic structure of countably compact non-torsion Abelian groups of size continuum from selective ultrafilters
Abstract: Assuming the existence of $\mathfrak c$ incomparable selective ultrafilters, we classify the non-torsion Abelian groups of cardinality $\mathfrak c$ that admit a countably compact group topology. We show that for each $\kappa \in [\mathfrak c, 2\mathfrak c]$ each of these groups has a countably compact group topology of weight $\kappa$ without non-trivial convergent sequences and another that has convergent sequences. Assuming the existence of $2\mathfrak c$ selective ultrafilters, there are at least $2\mathfrak c$ non homeomorphic such topologies in each case and we also show that every Abelian group of cardinality at most $2\mathfrak c$ is algebraically countably compact. We also show that it is consistent that every Abelian group of cardinality $\mathfrak c$ that admits a countably compact group topology admits a countably compact group topology without non-trivial convergent sequences whose weight has countable cofinality.
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