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]
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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