On Monotonic Fixed-Point Free Bijections on Subgroups of $\mathbb R$

Abstract

We show that for any continuous monotonic fixed-point free automorphism $f$ on a $\sigma$-compact subgroup $G\subset \mathbb R$ there exists a binary operation $+_f$ such that $\langle G, +_f\rangle$ is a topological group topologically isomorphic to $\langle G, +\rangle$ and $f$ is a shift with respect to $+_f$. We then show that monotonicity cannot be replaced by the property of being periodic-point free. We explore a few routes leading to generalizations and counterexamples.