On a problem of Bellenot and Dubinsky (Q1071993)

We give an example of a separable Fréchet space which is not a Banach space, admitting a continuous norm but no nuclear Köthe quotient. This example gives a negative answer to a question of \textit{S. F. Bellenot} and \textit{Ed. Dubinsky} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 273, 579-594 (1982; Zbl 0494.46001)]. The construction of our counterexample is based on a characterization of those Fréchet spaces whose strong dual has a representation as a strict LB-space, given by the second author and \textit{V. B. Moscatelli} in Math. Z. 191, 17-21 (1986; Zbl 0561.46001).