Abstract

We have introduced two new notions of convexity and closedness in functional analysis. Let X be a real normed space, then $C({\subseteq}X)$ is functionally convex (briefly, F-convex), if $T(C){\subseteq}{\mathbb{R}}$ is convex for all bounded linear transformations $T{\in}B$(X, R); and $K({\subseteq}X)$ is functionally closed (briefly, F-closed), if $T(K){\subseteq}{\mathbb{R}}$ is closed for all bounded linear transformations $T{\in}B$(X, R). By using these new notions, the Alaoglu-Bourbaki-Eberlein-${\check{S}}muljan$ theorem has been generalized. Moreover, we show that X is reflexive if and only if the closed unit ball of X is F-closed. James showed that for every closed convex subset C of a Banach space X, C is weakly compact if and only if every $f{\in}X^{\ast}$ attains its supremum over C at some point of C. Now, we show that if A is an F-convex subset of a Banach space X, then A is bounded and F-closed if and only if every element of $X^{\ast}$ attains its supremum over A at some point of A.