A Hamel basis of a vector space $V$ over a field $K$ is a subset $H \subseteq V$ that is linearly independent and whose $K$-linear span is all of $V$. Equivalently, every element of $V$ can be written uniquely as a finite $K$-linear combination of elements of $H$.
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Hahn-Banach theorem. Let $V$ be a normed vector space and $M \subseteq V$ a subspace. Any bounded linear functional $f : M \to \mathbb{K}$ extends to a bounded linear functional $F : V \to \mathbb{K}$ with the same operator norm, $\|F\| = \|f\|$.
For any nonzero vector $v$ in a normed space $V$, there exists a bounded linear functional $f \in V'$ with $\|f\| = 1$ and $f(v) = \|v\|$.
One-step Hahn-Banach extension. Let $V$ be a normed space, $M \subseteq V$ a subspace, and $f : M \to \mathbb{K}$ a bounded linear functional with $\|f(m)\| \le C \|m\|$ for all $m \in M$. If $x_0 \notin M$, then there exists a bounded linear functional $g$ on the strictly larger subspace $M'' = M + \mathbb{K} \cdot x_0$ extending $f$ and satisfying the same bound $\|g(v)\| \le C \|v\|$ for all $v \in M''$.