On the absence of stability of bases in some Fréchet spaces (Q2658373)

By a well-known result of \textit{M. Krein, D. Milman} and \textit{M. A. Rutman} [Commun. Inst. Sci. Math. et Mecan., Univ. Kharkoff et Soc. Math. Kharkoff, IV. Ser. 16, 106--110 (1940; Zbl 0023.13105)] any Schauder basis in a Banach space is stable. Hence, if \(X\) is a Banach function space with a basis and the subspace of all polynomials, \(\mathcal{P}\), is dense in \(X\), then \(X\) has a polynomial basis. This assertion cannot be extended to Fréchet spaces, as the author shows by examining bases in Whitney spaces. For a compact set \(K\subset\mathbb{R},\) the Whitney space \(\mathcal{E}(K) \) consists of traces on \(K\) of functions \(f\in C^{\infty}(I)\), where \(I\) is a closed intervall with \(K\subset I\). It is a nuclear Fréchet space with \(\mathcal{P\subset E}( K) =\overline{\mathcal{P}}\). Theorem 2.1, the main result of the paper, states that, if \(K\) is infinite and has isolated points, then \(\mathcal{E}(K) \) does not have a polynomial basis. Nevertheless, as the author observes, in the case of \(K=[ -1,1] \cup\{ 2\} \), the Fréchet space \(\mathcal{E}( K) \) possesses a Schauder basis.