Metrizability of paratopological (semitopological) groups

We investigate some generalized metric space properties on paratopological (semitopological) groups and prove that a paratopological group that is quasi-metrizable by a left continuous, left-invariant quasi-metric is a topological group and give a negative answer to Ravskyʼs question (Ravsky, 2001 [18, Question 3.1], ). It is also shown that an uncountable paratopological group that is a closed image of a separable, locally compact metric space is a topological group. Finally, we discuss Hausdorff compactification of paratopological (semitopological) groups, give an affirmative answer to Lin and Shenʼs question (Lin and Shen, 2011 [14, Question 6.9]) and improve an Arhangelʼskii and Chobanʼs theorem. Some questions are posed.