Metrizability of the strong dual: equivalent topological characterizations
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https://doi.org/10.17398/2605-5686.40.2.173Keywords:
Locally convex space, dual space, bounded sets, strong topology, metrizabilityAbstract
This short article presents several equivalent topological characterizations for the metrizability of the strong dual of a locally convex Hausdorff space. Among our key findings, we establish that the metrizability of the strong dual is precisely equivalent to it being a q-space.
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