Ultrabarrelled space


In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics, an ultrabarrelled space is a topological vector spaces for which every ultrabarrel is a neighbourhood of the origin.

Definition

A subset of a TVS is called an ultrabarrel if it is a closed and balanced subset of and if there exists a sequence of closed balanced and absorbing subsets of such that for all
In this case, is called a defining sequence for
A TVS is called ultrabarrelled if every ultrabarrel in is a neighbourhood of the origin.

Properties

A locally convex ultrabarrelled space is a barrelled space.
Every ultrabarrelled space is a quasi-ultrabarrelled space.

Examples and sufficient conditions

Complete and metrizable TVSs are ultrabarrelled.
If is a complete locally bounded non-locally convex TVS and if is a closed balanced and bounded neighborhood of the origin, then is an ultrabarrel that is not convex and has a defining sequence consisting of non-convex sets.

Counter-examples

There exist barrelled spaces that are not ultrabarrelled.
There exist TVSs that are complete and metrizable but not barrelled.