Proposition 8.1.12. Let $E$ be a vector space over $K \in \RC$, and $\topo$ be a vector space topology on $E$, then there exists a fundamental system of neighbourhoods $\fB \subset \cn_{E}(0)$ such that:
For each $U \in \fB$, there exists $V \in \fB$ such that $V + V \subset U$.
For each $U \in \fB$, $U$ is circled and radial.
Conversely, if $\fB \subset 2^{E}$ is a family of sets that contain $0$ and satisfies (TVB1) and (TVB2), then there exists a unique topology $\topo$ on $E$ such that:
$\topo$ is translation-invariant.
$\fB$ is a fundamental system of neighbourhoods at $0$ for $\topo$.
Moreover,
$(E, \topo)$ is a TVS.
Proof. Forward: By Proposition 8.1.11, there exists a fundamental system of neighbourhoods $\fB \subset \cn_{E}(0)$ consisting of circled and radial sets. By (TVS1), $\fB$ satisfies (TVB1).
Converse: For each $V \in \fB$, let $U_{V} = \bracs{(x, y) \in E|x - y \in V}$, then $U_{V}$ is symmetric and translation-invariant by (TVB1). Let
then
For any $V, V' \in \fB$, there exists $W \in \fB$ with $W \subset V \cap V'$. In which case, $U_{V}\cap U_{V'}\supset U_{W} \in \mathfrak{V}$.
For any $x \in E$ and $V \in \fB$, $x - x = 0 \in V$, so $\Delta \subset U_{V}$.
For any $V \in \fB$, by (TVB1), there exists $W \in \fB$ such that $W + W \subset V$. In which case, for any $x, y, z \in E$ with $x - y, y - z \in W$, $x - z \in V$. Therefore $U_{W} \circ U_{W} \subset U_{V}$.
By Proposition 5.1.8, there exists a unique uniformity $\fU$ on $E$ for which $\mathfrak{V}$ is a fundamental system of entourages.
(1): Since $\mathfrak{V}$ is translation-invariant, so is $\fU$.
(2): By definition of the uniform topology, $\fB = \bracs{U_V(0)|V \in \fB}$ is a fundamental system of neighbourhoods at $0$.
(3):
Let $V \in \fB$, then there exists $W \in \fB$ such that $W + W \subset V$ by (TVB1). In which case, for any $x, x', y, y'$ with $x - x' \in W$ and $y - y' \in W$, $(x + y) - (x' + y') \in W + W \subset V$.
Let $V \in \fB$, $\eps > 0$, $x, x' \in E$ with $x - x' \in V$, and $\lambda, \lambda' \in K$ with $\abs{\lambda - \lambda'}< \eps$, then
\begin{align*}\lambda x - \lambda' x'&= \lambda x - \lambda x' + \lambda x' - \lambda' x' \\&= \lambda(x - x') + (\lambda - \lambda')x' \in \lambda V + (\lambda - \lambda')x'\end{align*}Since $V$ is radial, there exists $\mu \in K$ such that $x \in \mu V$. Given that $V$ is circled, $x' = x + (x - x') \in \mu V + V \subset (\abs{\mu}+ 1)V$, and
\[\lambda x - \lambda' x' \in \lambda V + \eps(\abs \mu + 1)V \subset \abs{\lambda}V + \eps(\abs \mu + 1)V\]Let $W \in \fB$ and $\eps > 0$ such that $\eps(\abs{\mu}+1) \le 1$, then by repeated application of (TVB1), there exists $V \in \fB$ such that $\abs{\lambda}V + V \subset W$. Therefore scalar multiplication is jointly continuous.
(Uniqueness): Let $\mathcal{S}\subset 2^{E}$ be a topology on $E$ satisfying (1) and (2), then for each $x \in E$, $\cn_{(E, \mathcal{S})}(x) = \cn_{(E, \mathcal{T})}(x)$. By Proposition 4.4.4, $\mathcal{S}= \mathcal{T}$.$\square$