What will example of a group $G$ with topology $\tau$ such that $f: G \to G$ such that $f(x) =x^{-1}$ and $g: G \times G \to G$ such that $g((x,y)) = x * y$ (where $*$ is binary operation on $G$) both are not continuous.
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Group with topology which is not topological group
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Take the group $\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z} = \{0,1,2\}$ under addition, with the topology consisting of $\emptyset$, $\{0,1,2\}$ and $\{1\}$.
Now negation is not continuous, since the preimage of the open set $\{1\}$ is $\{2\}$ which is not open.
Similarly, addition is not continuous, since the preimage of the open set $\{1\}$ is $\{(0,1),(1,0),(2,2)\}$ which is again not open in the product topology.