Authors: Popa Mihail
Abstract
For any locally compact commutative group $X,$ the set $E(X)$ of all continuous endomorphisms of $X$, endowed with the compact-open topology, is a complete Hausdorff topological ring. In this paper we give a necessary
condition on $X$ in order that every element of the topological ring $E(X)$ be either a unit, or a topological idempotent, or a topological nilpotent. We also determine the structure of those groups $X$ for which $E(X)$ is a
division ring and the structure of those groups $X$ for which every element of $E(X)$ is a topological idempotent.
Institutul de Matematică Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei
str. Academiei 5, Chişinău, MD-2028 Moldova