Lemma 11.1.9.label Let $E$ be a TVS over $K \in \RC$ and $[\cdot]: E \times E \to [0, \infty)$ be a seminorm on $E$, then the following are equivalent:

  1. (1)

    $[\cdot]$ is uniformly continuous.

  2. (2)

    $[\cdot]$ is continuous.

  3. (3)

    $[\cdot]$ is continuous at $0$.

  4. (4)

    $\bracs{x \in E| [x] < 1}\in \cn_{E}(0)$.

Proof. $(4) \Rightarrow (1)$: Let $x, y \in E$ and $r > 0$. If

\[x - y \in \bracs{x \in E|[x] < r}= r\bracs{x \in E|[x] < 1}\in \cn_{E}(0)\]

then $[x - y] < r$.$\square$