Let U, V be two symmetric convex bodies in ${ℝ}^n$ and |U|, |V| their n-dimensional volumes. It is proved that there exist vectors $u_1,...,u_n\in U$ such that, for each choice of signs ${\epsilon }_1,...,{\epsilon }_n=\pm 1$, one has ${\epsilon }_1{u}_1+...+{\epsilon }_n{u}_n\notin rV$ where $r={\left(2\pi e^2\right)}^{-1/2}{n}^{1/2}\left(\right|U|/{\left|V\right|)}^{1/n}$. Hence it is deduced that if a metrizable locally convex space is not nuclear, then it contains a null sequence $\left(u_n\right)$ such that the series ${\sum }_{n=1}^{\infty }{\epsilon }_n{u}_{\pi \left(n\right)}$ is divergent for any choice of signs ${\epsilon }_n=\pm 1$ and any permutation π of indices.

Let F be a complemented subspace of a nuclear Fréchet space E. If E and F both have (absolute) bases $\left(e_n\right)$ resp. $\left(f_n\right)$, then Bessaga conjectured (see [2] and for a more general form, also [8]) that there exists an isomorphism of F into E mapping $f_n$ to $t_n{e}_{\pi \left(k_n\right)}$ where $\left(t_n\right)$ is a scalar sequence, π is a permutation of ℕ and $\left(k_n\right)$ is a subsequence of ℕ. We prove that the conjecture holds if E is unstable, i.e. for some base of decreasing zero-neighborhoods $\left(U_n\right)$ consisting of absolutely convex sets one has ∃s ∀p ∃q ∀r $li{m}_n\left(d_{n+1}(U_q,U_p)\right)/\left(d_n(U_r,U_s)\right)=0$ where...

En la Sección 1 se pueban resultados abstractos sobre preduales y sobre bidualidad de espacios (LF). Sea E = indn En un espacio (LF), ponemos H = indn Hn para una sucesión de subespacios de Fréchet Hn de En con Hn ⊂ Hn+1. Investigamos bajo qué condiciones el espacio E es canónicamente (topológicamente isomorfo a) el bidual inductivo (H'b)'i o (incluso) al bidual fuerte de H. Los resultados abstractos se aplican en la Sección 2, especialmente a espacios (LF) ponderados de funciones holomorfas, pero...

As a counterpart to classical topological vector spaces in the alternative set theory, biequivalence vector spaces (over the field $Q$ of all rational numbers) are introduced and their basic properties are listed. A methodological consequence opening a new view towards the relationship between the algebraic and topological dual is quoted. The existence of various types of valuations on a biequivalence vector space inducing its biequivalence is proved. Normability is characterized in terms of total...

Characterizations of pairs (E,F) of complete (LF)?spaces such that every continuous linear map from E to F maps a 0?neighbourhood of E into a bounded subset of F are given. The case of sequence (LF)?spaces is also considered. These results are similar to the ones due to D. Vogt in the case E and F are Fréchet spaces. The research continues work of J. Bonet, A. Galbis, S. Önal, T. Terzioglu and D. Vogt.