It is shown that deleting a point from the topologist's sine curve results in a locally compact connected space whose autohomeomorphism group is not a topological group when equipped with the compact-open topology.
@article{bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ba58-3-9, author = {Jan J. Dijkstra and Rachid Tahri}, title = {Homeomorphism Groups and the Topologist's Sine Curve}, journal = {Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics}, volume = {58}, year = {2010}, pages = {269-272}, zbl = {1210.54047}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ba58-3-9} }
Jan J. Dijkstra; Rachid Tahri. Homeomorphism Groups and the Topologist's Sine Curve. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics, Tome 58 (2010) pp. 269-272. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ba58-3-9/