Questions tagged [topological-semigroups]

A semigroup that is simultaneously a topological space, and whose semigroup operation is continuous.

A set equipped with both the algebraic structure of a semigroup and the structure of a topological Hausdorff space, such that the semi-group operation is continuous in the given topology.

Any semi-group is a topological semigroup in the discrete topology. There exist semigroups which admit only the discrete topology. Any Hausdorff space can be made into a topological semigroup, e.g. by giving it a left-singular or zero multiplication.

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About the definition of topological semigroups

I have two questions about the definition of topological semigroup. Thank you very much to all the respondents. Q1. Why topological space has to be Hausdorff when defining topological semigroups? Q2. If the topological space is not Hausdorff, can we…