Continuity of bilinear maps on direct sums of topological vector spaces

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DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2011.12.018zbMATH Open1243.46004arXiv1108.0169OpenAlexW2963983334MaRDI QIDQ765916FDOQ765916

Helge GlΓΆckner

Publication date: 22 March 2012

Published in: Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove a criterion for continuity of bilinear maps on countable direct sums of topological vector spaces. As a first application, we get a new proof for the fact (due to Hirai et al. 2001) that the map taking a pair of test functions on R^n to their convolution is continuous. The criterion also allows an open problem by K.-H. Neeb to be solved: If E is a locally convex space, regard the tensor algebra T(E) as the locally convex direct sum of the projective tensor powers T^j(E) of E. We show that T(E) is a topological algebra if and only if every sequence of continuous seminorms on E has an upper bound. In particular, if E is metrizable, then T(E) is a topological algebra if and only if E is normable. Also, T(E) is a topological algebra whenever E is a DFS-space, or a hemicompact k-space.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0169





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