Countable subsets of TVSs

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This is something which is not clear to me. Take any countable subset $C$ of a compact set $K$ in a locally convex topological vector space $X$. Can we conclude that there is a point $x\in X$ such that $C\cup\{x\}$ is compact? I am mostly concerned with duals of Banach spaces equipped with the weak*-topology.

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Take compact $[0,1]$ and consider its rational points $Q$. You need to add uncountably many points to make $Q$ compact.

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In general, a topological space admits a one-point compactification, iff it is Hausdorff and locally compact. It is not difficult to see this, google for Alexandroff one-point compactification.