Proposition 11.4.2.label Let $E$ be a bornological space, $F$ be a locally convex space, and $T \in \hom(E; F)$, then the following are equivalent:

  1. (1)

    $T$ is continuous.

  2. (2)

    $T$ is sequentially continuous.

  3. (3)

    $T$ is bounded.

Proof. (2) $\Rightarrow$ (3): Let $B \subset E$ be a bounded set, $\seq{x_n}\subset E$, and $\seq{\lambda_n}\subset K$ such that $\lambda_{n} \to 0$ as $n \to \infty$, then $\lambda_{n} x_{n} \to 0$ as $n \to \infty$. By sequential continuity of $T$, $T(\lambda_{n} x_{n}) \to 0$ as $n \to \infty$ as well. Thus $T(B)$ is also bounded.

(3) $\Rightarrow$ (1): Let $\rho: F \to [0, \infty)$ be a continuous seminorm, then $\rho \circ T$ is a seminorm on $E$ that is bounded on bounded sets. Since $E$ is bornological, $\rho \circ T$ is continuous. Therefore $T$ is continuous by Proposition 11.2.1.$\square$