# A particular example of topological vector spaces

I am looking for a topological vector space $(X,\tau)$ enjoying the following conditions:

1- $(X,\tau)$ is not locally convex.

2- There exists a metric $d$ on $X$ and a sequence $\{X_n\}$ of subsets of $X$ such that $X=\cup X_n$ and the topology $\tau$ on $X_n$ is relatively second countable and $d$-metrizable for every $n$.

• For instance $X:=L^p([0,1])$, for $0<p<1$, is a TVS whose only convex open set is $X$ itself; it is a separable complete metric space with the distance $d(f,g):=\int_0^1|f-g|^pdt$, and you can take the $X_n$ to be subspaces of dimension $n$ – Pietro Majer Apr 26 '18 at 20:33
• @PietroMajer your cover is not countable. – Tomasz Kania Apr 26 '18 at 21:10
• Can't you take $X_1=X=L_p$ for $0<p<1$? – Tomasz Kania Apr 26 '18 at 21:12
• Sorry, I though I saw a closure- In fact, yes, in this example $X$ itself is second countable, so I don't quite understand the role of the $X_n$ in the question – Pietro Majer Apr 26 '18 at 21:20
• I don't understand the votes to close... – Yemon Choi Apr 29 '18 at 0:33

If $X=L^!([0,1])$ then $X=\cup_1^\infty nB$, where $B=\{x:\int_0^1 |x(t)| dt\le 1\}$. Let $\sigma$ be the vector topology on $X$ defined by the F-norm $\|x\|=\int_0^1 \frac{|x(t)|}{1+|x(t)|}dt$. If $\tau$ is the strongest vector topology on $X$ coinciding with $\sigma$ on $B$, then the condition 2 is fullfilled. A linear functional $f$ is $\tau$-continuous iff the restriction $f|B$ is sequentially $\sigma$-continuous. Then $f=0$ by A. Alexiewicz, On the two-norm convergence, Studia Math. 14 (1954), 49-56 (see p. 54).