Free locally convex spaces with a small base

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Abstract: The paper studies the free locally convex space L(X) over a Tychonoff space X. Since for infinite X the space L(X) is never metrizable (even not Fr'echet-Urysohn), a possible applicable generalized metric property for L(X) is welcome. We propose a concept (essentially weaker than first-countability) which is known under the name a mathfrakG-base. A space X has a {em mathfrakG-base} if for every xinX there is a base Ualpha:alphainmathbbNmathbbN of neighborhoods at x such that whenever for all , where if for all ninmathbbN. We show that if X is an Ascoli sigma-compact space, then L(X) has a mathfrakG-base if and only if X admits an Ascoli uniformity mathcalU with a mathfrakG-base. We prove that if X is a sigma-compact Ascoli space of mathbbNmathbbN-uniformly compact type, then L(X) has a mathfrakG-base. As an application we show: (1) if X is a metrizable space, then L(X) has a mathfrakG-base if and only if X is sigma-compact, and (2) if X is a countable Ascoli space, then L(X) has a mathfrakG-base if and only if X has a mathfrakG-base.



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