We prove that if some power of a space X is rectifiable, then is rectifiable. It follows that no power of the Sorgenfrey line is a topological group and this answers a question of Arhangel’skiĭ. We also show that in Mal’tsev spaces of point-countable type, character and π-character coincide.
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author = {G. J. Ridderbos},
title = {Group Structures and Rectifiability in Powers of Spaces},
journal = {Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics},
volume = {55},
year = {2007},
pages = {357-363},
zbl = {1136.22002},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ba55-4-7}
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G. J. Ridderbos. Group Structures and Rectifiability in Powers of Spaces. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics, Tome 55 (2007) pp. 357-363. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ba55-4-7/