Free products of topological groups with central amalgamation. I

Khan, M. S.; Morris, Sidney A.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1982-0667153-5

Free products of topological groups with central amalgamation. I

Authors: M. S. Khan and Sidney A. Morris
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 273 (1982), 405-416
MSC: Primary 22A05; Secondary 20E06, 54D50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1982-0667153-5
MathSciNet review: 667153
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Abstract: It is proved that the amalgamated free product of any two Hausdorff topological groups exists and is Hausdorff, providing the subgroup which is being amalgamated is closed and central.

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