We prove that for every semitopological group
G and every , there exists a continuous homomorphism onto a (resp., for ) semitopological group
H such that for every continuous mapping to a - (resp., - for ) space
X, one can find a continuous mapping satisfying . In other words, the semitopological group is a
-reflection of
G. It turns out that all -reflections of
G are topologically isomorphic. These facts establish the existence of the covariant functors for , as well as the functors
Reg and
Tych in the category of semitopological groups and their continuous homomorphisms.
We also show that the canonical homomorphisms of G onto are open for and provide an internal description of the groups and by finding the exact form of the kernels of and . It is also established that the functors Reg and , for are naturally equivalent.