A topological characterization of \(LF\)-spaces (Q664711)

An \(LF\)-space \(X\) is the direct limit of a tower \(X_0\subset X_1\subset\dots\) of Fréchet spaces in the category of locally convex vector spaces. Forgetting the linear structure and regarding the \(X_n\)'s as mere uniform spaces (with their natural uniformities), one may put on \(X\) the uniform structure given by the inductive limit of this sequence in the category of uniform spaces. In a previous paper [Topology Appl. 157, No. 6, 1091--1100 (2010; Zbl 1189.54022)], the authors showed that the topology of this uniform limit coincides with the topology as an \(LF\)-space. In this paper, the authors give conditions for a uniform direct limit of a tower of uniform spaces to be (locally) homeomorphic to an LF-space. This is applied to the study of the topology of small box-products.