Upgraded the separable dual lemma.

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Bokuan Li
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\begin{proposition}
\label{proposition:separable-dual}
Let $K \in \RC$ and $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality of normed vector spaces over $K$ with $E$ being separable, then
Let $K \in \RC$ and $\dpn{E, F}{\lambda}$ be a duality of normed vector spaces over $K$ with $E$ being separable, and $S = \bracsn{y \in F|\ \norm{y}_F \le 1}$ be the closed unit ball of $F$, then
\begin{enumerate}
\item The closed unit ball $S = \bracsn{y \in F|\ \norm{y}_{F} \le 1}$ is separable with respect to the $\sigma(F, E)$-topology.
\item $S$ is separable with respect to the $\sigma(F, E)$-topology.
\item $S$ is metrisable with respect to the $\sigma(F, E)$-topology.
\item For any $A \subset F$, $A$ is separable with respect to the $\sigma(F, E)$-topology.
\item If the duality is norming, then there exists $\seq{y_n} \subset F$ such that for each $x \in E$, $\norm{x}_E = \sup_{n \in \natp}|\dpn{x, y_n}{\lambda}|$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
Let $\seq{x_n} \subset E$ be a dense subset. For each $N \in \natp$, let
(1): Let $\seq{x_n} \subset E$ be a dense subset. For each $N \in \natp$, let
\[
T_N: S \to \real^N \quad y \mapsto (\dpn{x_1, y}{E}, \cdots, \dpn{x_N, y}{E})
\]
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\]
Thus for each $N \in \natp$, $\dpn{x_n, y_{N, k_N}}{E} \to \dpn{x_n, y}{E}$ as $N \to \infty$. Since $\phi_{N, k_N} \to \phi$ pointwise on a dense subset of $E$, and $\bracsn{y_{N, k_N}|N \in \natp} \subset S$ is uniformly equicontinuous, $\phi_{N, k_N} \to \phi$ in the $\sigma(F, E)$-topology by \autoref{proposition:strong-operator-dense}.
(2): Let $\seq{x_n} \subset E$ be a dense subset, then by \autoref{proposition:strong-operator-dense}, the $\sigma(F, E)$-topology on $S$ is induced by $\seq{x_n}$, and hence metrisable by \autoref{theorem:uniform-metrisable}.
(3): For any $A \subset E$, $A = \bigcup_{n \in \natp}A \cap nS$. By \autoref{proposition:separable-metric-space}, $A \cap nS$ is separable for each $n \in \natp$. Therefore $A$ is also separable.
\end{proof}
\begin{proposition}