Theorem 17.3.3 (Mackey-Arens).label Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $K \in \RC$.

  1. (E)

    For any locally convex topology $\mathcal{T}\subset 2^{E}$ consistent with $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$, $\mathcal{T}$ is the topology of uniform convergence on all $\mathcal{T}$-equicontinuous subsets of $F$.

  2. (C)

    For any saturated covering ideal $\sigma \subset 2^{F}$ consisting of relatively $\sigma(F, E)$-compact sets, the $\sigma$-uniform topology on $E$ is consistent with $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$.

Moreover,

  1. (M)

    The topology of uniform convergence on relatively $\sigma(F, E)$-compact, convex, and circled sets is the finest locally convex topology on $E$ consistent with $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$.

and strongest locally convex topology on $E$ consistent with $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ is the Mackey topology of $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ on $E$, denoted $\tau(E, F)$.

Proof. (E): Let $\cf \subset F$ be a $\mathcal{T}$-equicontinuous subset, then $\cf^{\circ} \in \cn_{\mathcal{T}}(0)$. If $\cf$ is circled, then

\[\cf^{\circ} = \bracsn{x \in E|\ |\dpn{x, y}{\lambda}| \le 1 \forall y \in \cf}\]

Thus $\mathcal{T}$ is finer than the topology of uniform convergence on all $\mathcal{T}$-equicontinuous subsets of $F$.

Conversely, for any convex and closed neighbourhood $U \in \cn_{\mathcal{T}}(0)$, $U^{\circ}$ is equicontinuous. By the Bipolar Theorem, $U^{\circ \circ}= U$, so the family

\[\fB = \bracsn{\cf^\circ| \cf \subset F, \cf \text{ is } \mathcal{T}\text{-equicontinuous}}\]

is a fundamental system of neighbourhoods at $0$ for $\mathcal{T}$. Hence $\mathcal{T}$ is coarser than the topology of uniform convergence on all $\mathcal{T}$-equicontinuous subsets of $F$.

(C): Let $\mathcal{T}$ be the $\sigma$-uniform topology on $E$, and $E^{*}$ be the dual of $(E, \mathcal{T})$. Since $\sigma$ is covering, it contains all singletons, so $\mathcal{T}\supset \sigma(E, F)$, and $F \subset E^{*}$. Thus it is sufficient to show that $F = E^{*}$.

Let $\phi \in E^{*}$ and $\bracs{\phi}^{\circ}$ be the polar of $\phi$ with respect to $\dpn{E, E^*}{E}$. Since $\phi$ is continuous, $\bracs{\phi}^{\circ} \in \cn_{\mathcal{T}}(0)$. Thus there exists $A \in \sigma$ and $\mu > 0$ such that

\[\bracsn{x \in E|\dpn{x, \psi}{E} \le \mu \forall \psi \in A}\subset \bracsn{x \in E|\dpn{x, \phi}{E} \le 1}= \bracs{\phi}^{\circ}\]

Since $\sigma$ is covering and saturated, assume without loss of generality that $\mu = 1$ and that $A$ is convex, circled, and $\sigma(F, E)$-compact with $0 \in A$. In which case, let $A^{\circ}$ be the polar of $A$ with respect to $\dpn{E, E^*}{E}$, then

\[A^{\circ} = \bracsn{x \in E|\dpn{x, \psi}{E} \le 1 \forall \psi \in A}\subset \bracs{\phi}^{\circ}\]

Let $A^{\circ\circ}$ and $\bracs{\phi}^{\circ\circ}$ be the bipolar of $A$ and $\bracs{\phi}$ with respect to $\dpn{E, E^*}{E}$, then by Proposition 17.2.3, $A^{\circ\circ}\supset \bracs{\phi}^{\circ\circ}$.

Now, $A$ is $\sigma(F, E)$-compact, and hence $\sigma(E^{*}, E)$-compact in $E^{*}$[1] by Proposition 5.16.4. Thus by the Bipolar Theorem, $\phi \in A^{\circ\circ}= A \subset F$.

(M): By (C), the topology of uniform convergence on relatively $\sigma(E, F)$-compact, convex, and circled sets is consistent with $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$.

On the other hand, let $\mathcal{T}\subset 2^{E}$ be a locally convex topology consistent with $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$. By the Banach-Alaoglu Theorem, every $\mathcal{T}$-equicontinuous set is relatively $\sigma(F, E)$-compact. Therefore $\mathcal{T}$ is coarser than the topology of uniform convergence on relatively $\sigma(E, F)$-compact, convex, and circled sets.$\square$

  1. Closedness is insufficient because $F$ is $\sigma(E^{*}, E)$-dense in $E^{*}$ by Lemma 17.1.5. keyboard_return

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