Discreteness and Homogeneity of the Topological Fundamental Group


Jack S. Calcut
Department of Mathematics
Oberlin College
Oberlin OH 44074

John D. McCarthy
Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027

March 25, 2009



Abstract:

For a locally path connected topological space, the topological fundamental group is discrete if and only if the space is semilocally simply-connected. While functoriality of the topological fundamental group for arbitrary topological spaces remains an open question, the topological fundamental group is always a homogeneous space.


Contact: mccarthy@math.msu.edu

Last Revised 10/17/09