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If $K$ is a closed subspace of Banach space $X$, then $X/K$ is complete. But I think the usual proof of this theorem doesn't make use of the fact that $K$ is closed. Would anyone explain it to me? Thanks a lot.










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    If $K$ is a closed subspace of Banach space $X$, then $X/K$ is complete. But I think the usual proof of this theorem doesn't make use of the fact that $K$ is closed. Would anyone explain it to me? Thanks a lot.










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      If $K$ is a closed subspace of Banach space $X$, then $X/K$ is complete. But I think the usual proof of this theorem doesn't make use of the fact that $K$ is closed. Would anyone explain it to me? Thanks a lot.










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      If $K$ is a closed subspace of Banach space $X$, then $X/K$ is complete. But I think the usual proof of this theorem doesn't make use of the fact that $K$ is closed. Would anyone explain it to me? Thanks a lot.







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          If the subspace $K$ is not closed, then the quotient $X/K$ is not even Hausdorff, so does not meet the usual requirements of a topological vector space at all!



          (It's not about completeness or not, as $X/K$ is not metric in that case!)



          EDIT: In more detail, for $K$ not closed, and for $x$ in the closure of $K$ but not in $K$ itself, every neighborhood of $0$ in the quotient (with the quotient topology) contains $x$, but $xnot=0$ in the quotient. So the quotient would be non-Hausdorff (since two distinct points, $0$ and $x$, do not have disjoint neighborhoods).



          A Banach space, or even a normed space, is Hausdorff, as is every metric space.






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          If $K$ is not closed, then the function $lVert x+KrVert=inf_{yin K} lVert x-yrVert$ is not a norm on the quotient space, but just a seminorm, because $lVert x+KrVert=0$ for all $xinoverline K$.






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            You do need closure of $K$. In particular, you need it to show that $X/K$ is in fact a normed space: If $| x + K |=0$, closure of $K$ implies that $x+K=K=0_{X/K}$.






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              If the subspace $K$ is not closed, then the quotient $X/K$ is not even Hausdorff, so does not meet the usual requirements of a topological vector space at all!



              (It's not about completeness or not, as $X/K$ is not metric in that case!)



              EDIT: In more detail, for $K$ not closed, and for $x$ in the closure of $K$ but not in $K$ itself, every neighborhood of $0$ in the quotient (with the quotient topology) contains $x$, but $xnot=0$ in the quotient. So the quotient would be non-Hausdorff (since two distinct points, $0$ and $x$, do not have disjoint neighborhoods).



              A Banach space, or even a normed space, is Hausdorff, as is every metric space.






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              If the subspace $K$ is not closed, then the quotient $X/K$ is not even Hausdorff, so does not meet the usual requirements of a topological vector space at all!



              (It's not about completeness or not, as $X/K$ is not metric in that case!)



              EDIT: In more detail, for $K$ not closed, and for $x$ in the closure of $K$ but not in $K$ itself, every neighborhood of $0$ in the quotient (with the quotient topology) contains $x$, but $xnot=0$ in the quotient. So the quotient would be non-Hausdorff (since two distinct points, $0$ and $x$, do not have disjoint neighborhoods).



              A Banach space, or even a normed space, is Hausdorff, as is every metric space.






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              • Thanks! But it has been a long time since my last topology class, so would you give me some hint?
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              If the subspace $K$ is not closed, then the quotient $X/K$ is not even Hausdorff, so does not meet the usual requirements of a topological vector space at all!



              (It's not about completeness or not, as $X/K$ is not metric in that case!)



              EDIT: In more detail, for $K$ not closed, and for $x$ in the closure of $K$ but not in $K$ itself, every neighborhood of $0$ in the quotient (with the quotient topology) contains $x$, but $xnot=0$ in the quotient. So the quotient would be non-Hausdorff (since two distinct points, $0$ and $x$, do not have disjoint neighborhoods).



              A Banach space, or even a normed space, is Hausdorff, as is every metric space.






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              If the subspace $K$ is not closed, then the quotient $X/K$ is not even Hausdorff, so does not meet the usual requirements of a topological vector space at all!



              (It's not about completeness or not, as $X/K$ is not metric in that case!)



              EDIT: In more detail, for $K$ not closed, and for $x$ in the closure of $K$ but not in $K$ itself, every neighborhood of $0$ in the quotient (with the quotient topology) contains $x$, but $xnot=0$ in the quotient. So the quotient would be non-Hausdorff (since two distinct points, $0$ and $x$, do not have disjoint neighborhoods).



              A Banach space, or even a normed space, is Hausdorff, as is every metric space.







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              Thanks! But it has been a long time since my last topology class, so would you give me some hint?
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              Thanks! But it has been a long time since my last topology class, so would you give me some hint?
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              If $K$ is not closed, then the function $lVert x+KrVert=inf_{yin K} lVert x-yrVert$ is not a norm on the quotient space, but just a seminorm, because $lVert x+KrVert=0$ for all $xinoverline K$.






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                If $K$ is not closed, then the function $lVert x+KrVert=inf_{yin K} lVert x-yrVert$ is not a norm on the quotient space, but just a seminorm, because $lVert x+KrVert=0$ for all $xinoverline K$.






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                  If $K$ is not closed, then the function $lVert x+KrVert=inf_{yin K} lVert x-yrVert$ is not a norm on the quotient space, but just a seminorm, because $lVert x+KrVert=0$ for all $xinoverline K$.






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                  If $K$ is not closed, then the function $lVert x+KrVert=inf_{yin K} lVert x-yrVert$ is not a norm on the quotient space, but just a seminorm, because $lVert x+KrVert=0$ for all $xinoverline K$.







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                      You do need closure of $K$. In particular, you need it to show that $X/K$ is in fact a normed space: If $| x + K |=0$, closure of $K$ implies that $x+K=K=0_{X/K}$.






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                        You do need closure of $K$. In particular, you need it to show that $X/K$ is in fact a normed space: If $| x + K |=0$, closure of $K$ implies that $x+K=K=0_{X/K}$.






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                          You do need closure of $K$. In particular, you need it to show that $X/K$ is in fact a normed space: If $| x + K |=0$, closure of $K$ implies that $x+K=K=0_{X/K}$.






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                          You do need closure of $K$. In particular, you need it to show that $X/K$ is in fact a normed space: If $| x + K |=0$, closure of $K$ implies that $x+K=K=0_{X/K}$.







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