Locally compact groups with totally disconnected space of subgroups

Abstract

The closed subsets {\mathcal{F}(X)} of any topological space can be given a topology, called the Chabauty–Fell topology, in which {\mathcal{F}(X)} is quasi-compact. If X is a locally compact space, then {\mathcal{F}(X)} is Hausdorff. If {X=G} is a locally compact group, then the subset {\mathcal{S\kern-0.853583ptU\kern-0.569055ptB}(G)} of closed subgroups is closed in {\mathcal{F}(G)} , and the set of closed subgroups inherits its own compact topology, called the Chabauty topology. We develop some of the important properties of this topology. More precisely, the results contained in this paper deal with the following question: Given a locally compact topological group, when is {\mathcal{F}(G)} (resp. {\mathcal{S\kern-0.853583ptU\kern-0.569055ptB}(G)} ) a totally disconnected space?

On the Connectedness of the Chabauty Space of a Locally Compact Pronilpotent Group

“…It follows then that the Chabauty space SUB(G) is totally disconnected. For more details about the total disconnectedness of Chabauty spaces, we refer to [11]. PROPOSITION…”