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The '''Hahn-Banach theorem''' is the foundational result of functional analysis stating that a bounded linear functional defined on a subspace of a normed vector space can be extended to the entire space without increasing its norm. The theorem has multiple equivalent forms — geometric, analytic, and complex — and its power lies in its guarantee that normed spaces have "enough" continuous linear functionals to separate points and support a rich duality theory. Without Hahn-Banach, the [[Dual space|dual space]] of a [[Banach space]] might be trivial, and the entire edifice of [[Functional analysis|functional analysis]] would collapse. The standard proof uses [[Zorn's lemma]], making the theorem equivalent to the axiom of choice in its full generality. The Hahn-Banach theorem is not a technical lemma; it is the statement that local constraints can be globalized, that what holds in a part can be made to hold in the whole without loss.

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