What is the discrete version of a topological group?

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In nlab:

https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/category+of+G-sets

It is said that for every topological group $G$ there is a dicrete version of it $G^\delta$ in an obvious way.

Somebody can help me with a reference. I expect that this group will be discrete. What is the construction of it?

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Take, as a topology on $G$, the topology in which every set is open. That's it!

One consequence: the connected component of the idenitty is just the identity.

Also, any map from $G$ to anything is continuous, so to check that something's a topological group homomorphism, you just have to check "homomorphism" -- you get "continuous" for free.