Homogeneous Subspaces of Products of Extremally Disconnected Spaces

Homogeneous countably compact spaces $X$ and $Y$ whose product $X\times Y$ is not pseudocompact are constructed. It is proved that all compact subsets of homogeneous subspaces of the third power of an extremally disconnected space are finite. Moreover, under CH, all compact subsets of homogeneous subspaces of any finite power of an extremally disconnected space are finite and all compact subsets of homogeneous subspaces of the countable power of an extremally disconnected space are metrizable. It is also proved that all compact homogeneous subspaces of finite powers of an extremally disconnected space are finite, which strengthens Frol\'{\i}k's theorem

Almost paratopological groups

A class of almost paratopological groups is introduced, which (1) contains paratopological groups and Hausdorff quasitopological groups; (2) is closed under products; (3) subgroups. Almost paratopological $T_1$ groups $G$ are characterized by the fact that $\{(x,y)\in G^2: xy=e\}$ is closed in $G^2$. A compact almost paratopological group is topological. A regular $\Sigma$-space with a countable extend and a separately continuous Mal'tsev operation is $\omega$-cellular (and ccc). A $\sigma$-compact regular almost paratopological group is ccc. In particular, a $\sigma$-compact regular quasitopological group is ccc