Basic Analysis – Gently Done Topological Vector Spaces
Basic Analysis – Gently Done Topological Vector Spaces
Basic Analysis – Gently Done Topological Vector Spaces
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6: <strong>Topological</strong> <strong>Vector</strong> <strong>Spaces</strong> 59<br />
Proposition 6.17 Let A be a balanced subset of a topological vector space. Then<br />
A, the closure of A, is balanced and, if 0 is an interior point of A, the interior of<br />
A is balanced.<br />
Proof For any t ∈ K with 0 < |t| ≤ 1, we have<br />
tA = M t (A) = M t (A) = tA ⊆ A,<br />
since M t is a homeomorphism. This clearly also holds for t = 0 and so A is<br />
balanced.<br />
Suppose that 0 ∈ IntA. Then, as before, for 0 < |t| ≤ 1,<br />
tIntA = Int(tA) ⊆ tA ⊆ A.<br />
But tIntA is open and so tIntA ⊆ IntA. This is also valid for t = 0 and it follows<br />
that IntA is balanced.<br />
Proposition 6.18 Any neighbourhood of 0 in a topological vector space contains<br />
a balanced neighbourhood of 0.<br />
Proof Let V be a given neighbourhood of 0 in a topological vector space X. Since<br />
scalar multiplication is continuous (at (0,0)), there is δ > 0 and a neighbourhood<br />
U of 0 such that if |β| < δ and x ∈ U, then βx ∈ V, that is, βU ⊆ V if |β| < δ. Put<br />
W = �<br />
δ<br />
|β|