Let X be a Banach space, and let Y be a proper non-meager subspace of X. If Y is not dense in X, then it is easy to see that the closure of Y has empty interior, contradicting Y being non-meager. So Y must be dense. If Y has the Baire property, then it follows from Pettis Lemma that Y is open and hence closed, contradicting Y being proper. Thus, Y must be dense and not have the Baire property. My question is: can such a Y exist? Any such Y must be difficult to construct since all Borel sets and even all continuous images of separable complete metric spaces have the Baire property.
Are proper subspaces of Banach spaces always meager?
Brandon Seward
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