Nonseparable closed vector subspaces of separable topological vector spaces

Jerzy Ka̧kol, Arkady G. Leiderman, Sidney A. Morris

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Abstract

In 1983 P. Domański investigated the question: For which separable topological vector spaces E, does the separable space [InlineEquation not available: see fulltext.] have a nonseparable closed vector subspace, where c is the cardinality of the continuum? He provided a partial answer, proving that every separable topological vector space whose completion is not q-minimal (in particular, every separable infinite-dimensional Banach space) E has this property. Using a result of S.A. Saxon, we show that for a separable locally convex space (lcs) E, the product space [InlineEquation not available: see fulltext.] has a nonseparable closed vector subspace if and only if E does not have the weak topology. On the other hand, we prove that every metrizable vector subspace of the product of any number of separable Hausdorff lcs is separable. We show however that for the classical Michael line M the space of all continuous real-valued functions on M endowed with the pointwise convergence topology, Cp(M) contains a nonseparable closed vector subspace while Cp(M) is separable.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-47
Number of pages9
JournalMonatshefte fur Mathematik
Volume182
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • Locally convex topological vector space
  • Separable topological space

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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