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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 iii Paper 11 6 b Solution by
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LetThis scalar function is continuous. The first element is locally constant; deleting it is continuous on increasing sequences; and evaluation on a fixed is continuous in the weak-star topology. Thus is open.
By part (a), choose an infinite homogeneous for . If all its infinite subsets are in , the required conclusion follows. Suppose instead every one has . Choose finitely many unit scalars such that every scalar with has for some ; for real scalars the two signs suffice. The open setscover . Apply the open Ramsey set of infinite subsets result successively to them. After finitely many refinements, at least one, say , contains every infinite subset of a remaining infinite ; otherwise their cover would be violated.
For any finite , choose an infinite after . For each , apply this homogeneity to . Its deleted tail is always the same , so the same functional satisfiesBut is a weakly null sequence. The Mazur lemma gives a finite convex combination with . The displayed inequalities give , contradicting . The bad homogeneous case is impossible. ThereforeContinuity is used to make the scalar tests open; weak nullity is used only for the finite convex-combination contradiction. The argument works over both real and complex scalars.
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