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.[1]
Complete and metrizable TVSs are ultrabarrelled.[1]
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.[1]
Counter-examples
There exist barrelled spaces that are not ultrabarrelled.[1]
There exist TVSs that are complete and metrizable (and thus ultrabarrelled) but not barrelled.[1]
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Robertson, Alex P.; Robertson, Wendy J. (1964). Topological vector spaces. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. Vol. 53. Cambridge University Press. pp. 65–75.