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+Copyright (c) 2020 Yury Kudryashov. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Author: Yury Kudryashov
+-/
+import topology.algebra.module
+import topology.instances.real
+
+/-!
+# Continuous additive maps are `ℝ`-linear
+
+In this file we prove that a continuous map `f : E →+ F` between two topological vector spaces
+over `ℝ` is `ℝ`-linear
+-/
+
+variables {E : Type*} [add_comm_group E] [vector_space ℝ E] [topological_space E]
+  [topological_vector_space ℝ E] {F : Type*} [add_comm_group F] [vector_space ℝ F]
+  [topological_space F] [topological_vector_space ℝ F] [t2_space F]
+
+namespace add_monoid_hom
+
+/-- A continuous additive map between two vector spaces over `ℝ` is `ℝ`-linear. -/
+lemma map_real_smul (f : E →+ F) (hf : continuous f) (c : ℝ) (x : E) :
+  f (c • x) = c • f x :=
+suffices (λ c : ℝ, f (c • x)) = λ c : ℝ, c • f x, from congr_fun this c,
+dense_embedding_of_rat.dense.equalizer
+  (hf.comp $ continuous_id.smul continuous_const)
+  (continuous_id.smul continuous_const)
+  (funext $ λ r, f.map_rat_cast_smul r x)
+
+/-- Reinterpret a continuous additive homomorphism between two real vector spaces
+as a continuous real-linear map. -/
+def to_real_linear_map (f : E →+ F) (hf : continuous f) : E →L[ℝ] F :=
+⟨⟨f, f.map_add, f.map_real_smul hf⟩, hf⟩
+
+@[simp] lemma coe_to_real_linear_map (f : E →+ F) (hf : continuous f) :
+  ⇑(f.to_real_linear_map hf) = f := rfl
+
+end add_monoid_hom