In mathematics, more specifically in functional analysis, a K-space is an F-space ${\displaystyle V}$ such that every extension of F-spaces (or twisted sum) of the form

$${\displaystyle 0\rightarrow \mathbb {R} \rightarrow X\rightarrow V\rightarrow 0.\,\!}$$

is equivalent to the trivial one^[1]

$${\displaystyle 0\rightarrow \mathbb {R} \rightarrow \mathbb {R} \times V\rightarrow V\rightarrow 0.\,\!}$$

where ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} }$ is the real line.

Examples

The ${\displaystyle \ell ^{p}}$ spaces for ${\displaystyle 0<p<1}$ are K-spaces,^[1] as are all finite dimensional Banach spaces.

N. J. Kalton and N. P. Roberts proved that the Banach space ${\displaystyle \ell ^{1}}$ is not a K-space.^[1]

See also

• Compactly generated space – Property of topological spaces
• Gelfand–Shilov space

References