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.
@article{bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ba55-4-7, 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} }
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/