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An example is given of a normed linear space that is not complete but for which each continuous linear functional attains its supremum on the unit ball.
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M. M. Day,Normed Linear Spaces, Academic Press, 1962.
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James, R.C. A counterexample for a sup theorem in normed spaces. Israel J. Math. 9, 511–512 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02771466
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