TITLE: Borel(X) = \sigma(X') for X non-separable 
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: Let $X$ be a Banach space, $X' = \mathcal{L}(X, \mathbb{K})$ its dual space. Denote by $\mathcal{B}(X)$ the $\sigma$-algebra of Borel sets and denote by $\sigma(X')$ the $\sigma$-algebra which is generated by all sets of the form $u^{-1}(C)$ for $u \in X'$ and $C \in \mathcal{B}(\mathbb{K})$.
For $X$ separable we have that
$\mathcal{B}(X) = \sigma(X')$  (*)
see e.g. "Gaussian measures in Banach spaces" by Hui-Hsiung Kuo, p. 74 - 75.
Now the author of this book does not bother to discuss the case of $X$ non-separable.
In [1] is a halfway believable counterexample for $X = \ell^2(\mathbb{R})$.
I'm specifically interested in the case $X = \ell^{\infty}$. 
Does (*) hold in this case and why or why not?
Thanks.
[1] http://at.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/bbqa?forum=ask_an_analyst;task=show_msg;msg=1533.0001.0001.0001

REPLY [8 votes]: If $I$ is uncountable, then in space $l^2(I)$ no countable set of functionals separates points.  Consequently, for any set $A$ in the sigma-algebra generated by these functionals [the Baire sets for the weak topology, see reference below], if $0 \in A$, then an entire subspace is contained in $A$.  So all elements of this sigma-algebra are unbounded.  Thus this sigma-algebra is not all of the norm-Borel sets.
My papers on measurability in Banach space:
Indiana Univ. Math. J. 26 (1977) 663--677
Indiana Univ. Math. J. 28 (1979) 559--579
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For gaussian measures in Banach space, you really want the example
of Fremlin and Talagrand, "A Gaussian measure on $l^{\infty}$". Ann. Probab. 8 (1980), no. 6, 1192--1193.  This gaussian measure on $l^\infty$ with the cylindrical sigma-algebra has total mass 1, yet every ball of radius 1 has measure 0.