Extremal phenomena in certain classes of totally bounded groups
For various pairs of topological properties such that P ⇒ Q, we consider two questions: (A) Does every topological group topology with P extend properly to a topological group topology with Q, and (B) must a topological group with P have a proper dense subgroup with Q? We obtain negative results and positive results. Principal among the latter is the statement that any pseudocompact group G of uncountable weight which satisfies any of the following three conditions has both a strictly finer pseudocompact...