Non-barrelled dense \(\beta \varphi\) subspaces (Q1910064)

Let \(\varphi\) be the space of eventually zero sequences. A sequence space \(S\) with its strong topology \(\beta(S,\varphi)\) is called a \(\beta\varphi\) space. The familiar Banach sequence spaces are \(\beta\varphi\) spaces. Each barrelled subspace of a \(\beta\varphi\) space is \(\beta\varphi\). A question is to know when does the converse hold? The purpose of the paper is to prove that the sequence spaces \(\ell^1\) and \(\ell^\infty\) admit non-barrelled dense \(\beta\varphi\) subspaces. In contrast, every subspace of \(c_0\) or \(\ell^p\) \((1<p<\infty)\) is barrelled.