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Is any submetrizable linear topology linearly submetrizable?

Let $E$ be a vector space. A topology $\tau$ on $E$ is called (linearly) submetrizable if there is a (linear) metrizable topology $\pi$ on $E$ which is weaker than $\tau$, i.e. $\pi\subset\tau$. Is ...
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Minimal F-semi-norms

There are conflicting terminologies in the literature on this subject, so let me define an F-semi-norms on a real vector space $E$ to be a subadditive function $\rho:E\to[0,+\infty)$ such that $\rho\...
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Pontryagin-reflexivity of spaces of continuous functions

It is well-known that a Banach space $V$ is always Pontryagin-reflexive, i.e. the natural map $V\to \text{Hom}_\mathbb{R}(\text{Hom}_\mathbb{R}(V, \mathbb{R}), \mathbb{R})$, where $\text{Hom}_\mathbb{...
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Sufficent condition for strict morphism of normed vector spaces

Let $K$ be a non-archimedean field of char 0 and a morphism $f:V \rightarrow W$ of normed $K$-vector spaces given. The map $f$ is said to be strict if $V/\ker(f)$ with the quotient topology is ...
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The completeness of spaces of continuous functions with the compact-open topology

For a Tychonoff space $X$ let $C_k(X)$ denote the space of continuous real-valued functions on $X$, endowed with the compact-open topology. Problem. Is the space $C_k(X)$ Polish if it is Polishable ...
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Is the unitary group of a pre Hilbert space contractible?

I already posted my question on mathstackexchange For a separable Hilbert space $H$ it is known that the unitary group $U(H)$ is contractible, both for the norm topology (Kuiper's theorem) and for ...
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Sequential topological vector spaces

Since I'm dealing with the distinction between sequential continuous and continuous maps at the moment I came to ask myself once again what can be said about spaces where these two notions agree (...
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