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We prove that every group can be realized as the homeomorphism group and as the group of (pointed) homotopy classes of (pointed) self-homotopy equivalences of infinitely many non-homotopy-equivalent Alexandroff spaces.
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Chocano, P.J., Morón, M.A. & Ruiz del Portal, F. Topological realizations of groups in Alexandroff spaces. RACSAM 115, 25 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13398-020-00964-7
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