The Mackey problem for free abelian topological groups (Q2317553)

According to the classical Mackey Arens theorem, to every locally convex vector can be assigned a locally convex vector space topology on the same underlying space which is the finest among all locally convex vector space topologies giving rise to the same dual space as the original topology. It was shown in [the author, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 146, No. 8, 3627--3632 (2018; Zbl 1390.22005)] and [the reviewer, Forum Math. 30, No. 5, 1119--1127 (2018; Zbl 1397.22002)] that for locally quasi-convex groups in general such a finest locally quasi-convex group topology giving rise to the same character group does not exist. In both papers it was shown that the free abelian topological group over a convergent sequence has this property. In the paper under review, the author generalizes this example and shows that the free abelian topological group over a zero-dimensional metrizable, non-discrete space also has this property.