Bishop–Phelps theorem

In mathematics, the Bishop–Phelps theorem is a theorem about the topological properties of Banach spaces named after Errett Bishop and Robert Phelps, who published its proof in 1961.[1]

Statement

Bishop–Phelps theorem  Let be a bounded, closed, convex subset of a real Banach space Then the set of all continuous linear functionals that achieve their supremum on (meaning that there exists some such that )

is norm-dense in the continuous dual space of

Importantly, this theorem fails for complex Banach spaces.[2] However, for the special case where is the closed unit ball then this theorem does hold for complex Banach spaces.[1][2]

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