Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
Let (E, ) be a topological vector space with a positive cone C. Jameson (3) says that C given an open decomposition on E if V ∩ C − V ∩ C is a -neighbourhood of 0 whenever V is a -neighbourhood of 0. The concept of open decompositions plays an important rôle in the theory of ordered topological vector spaces; see (3). It is clear that C is generating if C gives an open decomposition on E; the converse is true for Banach spaces with a closed cone, by Andô's theorem (cf. (1) or (9)). Therefore the following question arises naturally:
(Q 1) Let (E, ) be a locally convex space with a positive cone C. What condition on is necessary and sufficient for the cone C to give an open decomposition on E?