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\end{definition}
\begin{proposition}
\label{proposition:polar-properties}
\label{proposition:polar-gymnastics}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $K \in \RC$, then:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $\emptyset^\circ = \emptyset^\square = F$ and $F^\circ = F^\square = \bracs{0}$.
\item For any $A, B \subset E$ and $\lambda \ne 0$, if $\lambda A \subset B$, then $B^\circ \subset \lambda^{-1}A^\circ$.
\item $\emptyset^\circ = F$ and $E^\circ = \bracs{0}$.
\item For any $\alpha \in K \setminus \bracs{0}$ and $A \subset E$, $(\alpha A)^\circ = \alpha^{-1} \cdot A^\circ$.
\item For any $\seqi{A} \subset E$, $\paren{\bigcup_{i \in I}A_i}^\circ = \bigcap_{i \in I}A_i^\circ$.
\item For any $A \subset B \subset E$, $A^\circ \supset B^\circ$.
\item For any saturated ideal $\sigma \subset \mathfrak{B}(E, \sigma(E, F))$, $\bracs{S^\circ|S \in \sigma}$ is a fundamental system of neighbourhoods at $0$ for the $\sigma$-uniform topology on $F$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
(2): For any $\lambda \in K \setminus \bracs{0}$ and $A \subset E$,
\begin{align*}
(\lambda A)^\circ &= \bracs{y \in F|\text{Re}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} \le 1 \forall x \in \alpha A} \\
&= \bracs{y \in F|\text{Re}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} \le 1 \forall x \in \alpha A} \\
&= \bracs{y \in F|\text{Re}\dpn{x, \alpha y}{\lambda} \le 1 \forall x \in A} \\
&= \bracs{y \in F|\text{Re}\dpn{\alpha x, y}{\lambda} \le 1 \forall x \in A} \\
&= \bracs{\alpha^{-1} y \in F|\text{Re}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} \le 1 \forall x \in A} \\
&= \alpha^{-1} \cdot A^\circ
\end{align*}
(5): Let $S \in \sigma$, then
\[
(\aconv(S))^\circ = \bracs{y \in F|\ |\dpn{x, y}{\lambda}| \le 1 \forall x \in A} \subset S^\circ
\]
Since $\sigma$ is saturated, $\bracs{S^\circ|S \in \sigma}$ is a fundamental system of neighbourhoods at $0$ for the $\sigma$-uniform topology.
\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}[{{\cite[IV.1.4]{SchaeferWolff}}}]
\label{proposition:polar-properties}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $K \in \RC$ and $A \subset E$, then
\begin{enumerate}
\item $A^\circ$ is a $\sigma(F, E)$-closed convex subset of $F$ containing $0$.
\item If $A$ is circled, then so is $A^\circ$.
\item If $A$ is a subspace of $E$, then
\[
A^\circ = A^\perp = \bracs{y \in F| \dpn{x, y}{E} = 0 \forall x \in A}
\]
and $A^\circ$ is a subspace of $F$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
(1): For each $x \in E$,
\[
\bracs{x}^\circ = \bracs{y \in F|\text{Re}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} \le 1}
\]
is the sublevel set of a continuous $\real$-linear functional, so it is $\sigma(F, E)$-closed and convex. Since $A^\circ = \bigcap_{x \in A}\bracs{x}^\circ$, $A$ is also $\sigma(F, E)$-closed and convex.
(2): If $A$ is circled, then by \autoref{proposition:polar-gymnastics},
\[
A^\circ = \bigcap_{\substack{\alpha \in K \\ |\alpha| \ge 1}}\alpha A^\circ
\]
For any $y \in A^\circ$ and $\alpha \in K \setminus \bracs{0}$ with $|\alpha| \le 1$. Since $y \in \alpha^{-1}A^\circ$, $\alpha y \in A^\circ$, so $A^\circ$ is circled.
\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}
\label{proposition:equicontinuous-polar}
Let $E$ be a TVS over $K \in \RC$, $\dpn{E, E^*}{E}$ be the canonical duality, and $A \subset E^*$, then the following are equivalent
\begin{enumerate}
\item $A$ is equicontinuous.
\item $A^\circ \in \cn_E(0)$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
By \autoref{proposition:equicontinuous-linear}, $A$ is equicontinuous if and only if
\[
\bigcap_{\phi \in A}\phi^{-1}(B_K(0, 1)) \in \cn_E(0)
\]
(1) $\Rightarrow$ (2): $A^\circ \supset \bigcap_{\phi \in A}\phi^{-1}(B_K(0, 1))$.
(2) $\Rightarrow$ (1): Since $A^\circ \in \cn_E(0)$, there exists $V \in \cn_E(0)$ circled with $V \subset A^\circ$, so $V \subset \bigcap_{\phi \in A}\phi^{-1}(B_K(0, 1))$, and $\bigcap_{\phi \in A}\phi^{-1}(B_K(0, 1)) \in \cn_E(0)$.
\end{proof}
\begin{theorem}[Bipolar Theorem]
\label{theorem:bipolar}
Let $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality over $K \in \RC$. For each $A \subset F$,
\[
A^{\circ\circ} = \ol{\conv}(A \cup \bracs{0})
\]
with respect to the $\sigma(E, F)$-topology.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}[Proof, {{\cite[IV.1.5]{SchaeferWolff}}}. ]
By \autoref{proposition:polar-properties}, $A^{\circ \circ}$ is a $\sigma(E, F)$-closed, convex set that contains $0$. Since $A^{\circ \circ} \supset A$, it is sufficient to show that $A^{\circ\circ} \subset \ol{\conv}(A \cup \bracs{0})$.
Let $x_0 \in E \setminus \ol{\conv}(A \cup \bracs{0})$, then by the \hypreref[Hahn-Banach Theorem]{theorem:hahn-banach-geometric-2}, there exists $\phi: E \to \real$ such that:
\begin{enumerate}
\item $\phi$ is $\sigma(E, F)$-continuous.
\item $\phi(\ol{\conv}(A \cup \bracs{0})) \subset (-\infty, 1)$ and $\phi(x_0) > 1$.
\end{enumerate}
If $K = \real$, let $\Phi = \phi$. If $K = \complex$, then by \autoref{proposition:polarisation-linear}, the mapping $\Phi(x) = \phi(x) - i\phi(ix)$ is a $\sigma(E; F)$-continuous $K$-linear map on $E$ such that $\text{Re}(\Phi) = \phi$. By \autoref{lemma:duality-dual}, there exists $y \in F$ such that $\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} = \Phi(x)$ for all $x \in E$. In which case, for any $x \in E$,
\[
\text{Re}\dpn{x, y}{\lambda} = \text{Re}\Phi(x) = \phi(x)
\]
\end{proposition}
Therefore $y \in A^{\circ}$, but $\text{Re}\dpn{x_0, y}{\lambda} > 1$, so $x_0 \not\in A^{\circ\circ}$.
\end{proof}