Comparing 2 questions about Riesz representation theorem.

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I am trying to answer this question (#8 on page.404 in Royden and Fitzpatrick "Real Analysis") it is for general measure space and for Riesz representation theorem for the dual of $L^q$:

Give an example of a measure space $(X, \mathfrak{M}, \mu)$ for which the Riesz Representation Theorem does extend to the case $p=\infty.$

But, I have found this question here:

riesz representation theorem for the case when p is infinity for the case of lebesgue measure

Does this means that my question is wrong? If not, is there any hint for solving it?

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Read the exercise, and the linked question, more carefully.

The linked question shows that the statement is not true in general; that there exist measure spaces for which it fails. That does not mean that it fails for every measure space; there could still be other measure spaces $(X,\mu)$ for which the dual of $L^\infty(X,\mu)$ is indeed $L^1(X,\mu)$. All we know from the linked question is that $X=\mathbb{N}$ (with $\mu$ being counting measure) won't work.

There is nothing wrong with the question in Royden. Such spaces do exist, and in fact some extremely simple examples will work...