A note on intrinsic topologies of groups

Abstract

We investigate topologies on groups which arise naturally from their algebraic structure, including the Frechét-Markov, Hausdorff-Markov, and various kinds of Zariski topologies. Answering a question by Dikranjan and Toller, we show that there exists a countable abelian group in which no bounded version of the Zariski topology coincides with the full Zariski topology. Complementing a recent result by Goffer and Greenfeld, we show that on any group with no algebraicity the semigroup Zariski topology is hyperconnected and hence, in many cases, is distinct from the group Zariski topology. Finally, we show that on the symmetric groups, the semigroup Hausdorff-Markov topology coincides with the topology of pointwise convergence.