Locally convex vector lattice

In mathematics, specifically in order theory and functional analysis, a locally convex vector lattice (LCVL) is a topological vector lattice that is also a locally convex space.[1] LCVLs are important in the theory of topological vector lattices.

Lattice semi-norms

The Minkowski functional of a convex, absorbing, and solid set is a called a lattice semi-norm. Equivalently, it is a semi-norm p such that ${\displaystyle \left|y\right|\leq \left|x\right|}$ implies ${\displaystyle p(y)\leq p(x)}$. The topology of a locally convex vector lattice is generated by the family of all continuous lattice semi-norms.[1]

Properties

Every locally convex vector lattice possesses a neighborhood base at the origin consisting of convex balanced solid absorbing sets.[1]

The strong dual of a locally convex vector lattice X is an order complete locally convex vector lattice (under its canonical order) and it is a solid subspace of the order dual of X; moreover, if X is a barreled space then the continuous dual space of X is a band in the order dual of X and the strong dual of X is a complete locally convex TVS.[1]

If a locally convex vector lattice is barreled then its strong dual space is complete (this is not necessarily true if the space is merely a locally convex barreled space but not a locally convex vector lattice).[1]

If a locally convex vector lattice X is semi-reflexive then it is order complete and ${\displaystyle X_{b}}$ (i.e. ${\displaystyle \left(X,b\left(X,X^{\prime }\right)\right)}$) is a complete TVS; moreover, if in addition every positive linear functional on X is continuous then X is of X is of minimal type, the order topology ${\displaystyle \tau _{\operatorname {O} }}$ on X is equal to the Mackey topology ${\displaystyle \tau \left(X,X^{\prime }\right)}$, and ${\displaystyle \left(X,\tau _{\operatorname {O} }\right)}$ is reflexive.[1] Every reflexive locally convex vector lattice is order complete and a complete locally convex TVS whose strong dual is a barreled reflexive locally convex TVS that can be identified under the canonical evaluation map with the strong bidual (i.e. the strong dual of the strong dual).[1]

If a locally convex vector lattice X is an infrabarreled TVS then it can be identified under the evaluation map with a topological vector sublattice of its strong bidual, which is an order complete locally convex vector lattice under its canonical order.[1]

If X is a separable metrizable locally convex ordered topological vector space whose positive cone C is a complete and total subset of X, then the set of quasi-interior points of C is dense in C.[1]

Theorem:[1] Suppose that X is an order complete locally convex vector lattice with topology 𝜏 and endow the bidual ${\displaystyle X^{\prime \prime }}$ of X with its natural topology (i.e. the topology of uniform convergence on equicontinuous subsets of ${\displaystyle X^{\prime }}$) and canonical order (under which it becomes an order complete locally convex vector lattice). The following are equivalent:

1. The evaluation map ${\displaystyle X\to X^{\prime \prime }}$ induces an isomorphism of X with an order complete sublattice of ${\displaystyle X^{\prime \prime }}$.
2. For every majorized and directed subset S of X, the section filter of S converges in (X, 𝜏) (in which case it necessarily converges to ${\displaystyle \sup S}$).
3. Every order convergent filter in X converges in (X, 𝜏) (in which case it necessarily converges to its order limit).

Corollary:[1] Let X be an order complete vector lattice with a regular order. The following are equivalent:

1. X is of minimal type.
2. For every majorized and direct subset S of X, the section filter of S converges in X when X is endowed with the order topology.
3. Every order convergent filter in X converges in X when X is endowed with the order topology.

Moreover, if X is of minimal type then the order topology on X is the finest locally convex topology on X for which every order convergent filter converges.

If (X, 𝜏) is a locally convex vector lattice that is bornological and sequentially complete, then there exists a family of compact spaces ${\displaystyle \left(X_{\alpha }\right)_{\alpha \in A}}$ and a family of A-indexed vector lattice embeddings ${\displaystyle f_{\alpha }:C_{\mathbb {R} }\left(K_{\alpha }\right)\to X}$ such that 𝜏 is the finest locally convex topology on X making each ${\displaystyle f_{\alpha }}$ continuous.[2]

Examples

Every Banach lattice, normed lattice, and Fréchet lattice is a locally convex vector lattice.

See also

• Banach lattice
• Fréchet lattice
• Normed lattice
• Vector lattice

References

1. Schaefer & Wolff 1999, pp. 234–242. sfn error: no target: CITEREFSchaeferWolff1999 (help)
2. Schaefer & Wolff 1999, pp. 242–250. sfn error: no target: CITEREFSchaeferWolff1999 (help)

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