A generalization of the Banach-Steinhaus theorem for finite part limits

Abstract

It is well known, as follows from the Banach-Steinhaus theorem, that if a sequence $\left\{y_{n}\right\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ of linear continuous functionals in a Fr\'echet space converges pointwise to a linear functional $Y,$ $Y\left( x\right) =\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\left\langle y_{n},x\right\rangle $ for all $x,$ then $Y$ is actually continuous. In this article we prove that in a Fr\'echet space the continuity of $Y$ still holds if $Y$ is the \emph{finite part} of the limit of $\left\langle y_{n},x\right\rangle $ as $n\rightarrow\infty.$ We also show that the continuity of finite part limits holds for other classes of topological vector spaces, such as LF-spaces, DFS-spaces, and DFS$^{\ast}$-spaces, and give examples where it does not hold.