DF-space

A locally convex topological vector space (TVS) X is a DF-space, also written (DF)-space, if[1]

1. X is a countably quasi-barrelled space (i.e. every strongly bounded countable union of equicontinuous subsets of ${\displaystyle X^{\prime }}$ is equicontinuous), and
2. X possesses a fundamental sequence of bounded (i.e. there exists a countable sequence of bounded subsets ${\displaystyle B_{1},B_{2},\ldots }$ such that every bounded subset of X is contained in some ${\displaystyle B_{i}}$[3]).

• Let X be a DF-space and let V be a convex balanced subset of X. Then V is a neighborhood of the origin if and only if for every convex, balanced, bounded subset B ⊆ X, B ∩ V is a 0-neighborhood in B.[1] Thus, a linear map from a DF-space into a locally convex space is continuous if its restriction to each bounded subset of the domain is continuous.[1]
• The strong dual of a DF-space is a Fréchet space.[4]
• Every infinite-dimensional Montel DF-space is a sequential space but not a Fréchet–Urysohn space.
• Suppose X is either a DF-space or an LM-space. If X is a sequential space then it is either metrizable or else a Montel space DF-space.
• Every quasi-complete DF-space is complete.[5]
• If X is a complete nuclear DF-space then X is a Montel space.[6]

• The strong dual of a metrizable locally convex space is a DF-space (but not conversely, in general).[1] Hence:
  • Every normed space is a DF-space.[7]
  • Every Banach space is a DF-space.[1]
  • Every infrabarreled space possessing a fundamental sequence of bounded sets is a DF-space.
• Every Hausdorff quotient of a DF-space is a DF-space.[4]
• The completion of a DF-space is a DF-space.[4]
• The locally convex sum of a sequence of DF-spaces is a DF-space.[4]
• An inductive limit of a sequence of DF-spaces is a DF-space.[4]
• Suppose that X and Y are DF-spaces. Then the projective tensor product, as well as its completion, of these spaces is a DF-space.[6]

However,

• An infinite product of non-trivial DF-spaces (i.e. all factors have non-0 dimension) is not a DF-space.[4]
• A closed vector subspace of a DF-space is not necessarily a DF-space.[4]
• There exist complete DF-spaces that are not TVS-isomorphic to the strong dual of a metrizable locally convex TVS.[4]

There exist complete DF-spaces that are not TVS-isomorphic with the strong dual of a metrizable locally convex space.[4] There exist DF-spaces spaces having closed vector subspaces that are not DF-spaces.[8]

• Barreled space
• Countably quasi-barrelled space
• F-space – Topological vector space with a complete translation-invariant metric
• LB-space
• LF-space
• Nuclear space – Type of topological vector space
• Projective tensor product

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