Free subspaces of free locally convex spaces (Q1709748)

Let \(L(X)\) denote the free locally convex space over a Tychonoff space \(X\). The authors prove that \(L(X)\) can be embedded in \(L(\mathbb R)\) as a topological vector subspace if \(X\) is a disjoint union of a countable number of finite-dimensional locally compact separable metrizable spaces. This is the case, e.g., if \(X=\mathbb R^n\), \(n\in \mathbb N\). It is also shown that, if \(G\) and \(Q\) denote the Cantor space and the Hilbert cube \(I^{\mathbb N}\), respectively, then: (i) \(L(X)\) is embedded in \(L(G)\) if and only if \(X\) is a zero-dimensional metrizable compact space; (ii) \(L(X)\) is embedded in \(L(Q)\) if and only if \(X\) is a metrizable compact space.