Schur ultrafilters and Bohr compactifications of topological groups

Abstract

In this paper we investigate Schur ultrafilters on groups. Using the algebraic structure of Stone-Čech compactifications of discrete groups and Schur ultrafilters, we give a new description of Bohr compactifications of topological groups. This approach allows us to characterize chart groups that are topological groups. Namely, a chart group $G$ is a topological group if and only if each Schur ultrafilter on $G$ converges to the unit of $G$.