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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|

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