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let E be a normed vector space , let $x_{n}$ be a bounded sequence on E , prove that $x_{n}$ is bounded on the bidual E**.

J. W. Tanner
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Let $\{x_n\}\subset E$ be a bounded sequence, i.e. $\|x_n\|\le M$, for some $M>0$.

Then set $\varphi_n \in E^{**}$, defined as $$ \varphi_n(x^*)=x^*(x_n), \quad x^*\in E^*. $$ Then, for $\|x^*\|_*=1$ we have $$ |\varphi_n(x^*)|=|x^*(x_n)|\le \|x^*\|_*\|x_n\|=\|x_n\|\le M. $$ Then $\|\varphi_n\|\le M$, for all $n\in\mathbb N$.