Definition of weak* convergence in $L^{\infty}$

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I'm new to functional analysis and have (what I think is) a basic question on the definition of weak* convergence.

Let $X$ be a normed linear space with dual $X^{\ast}$. According to the definition I know, a sequence $(f_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ in $X^{\ast}$ is said to converge weakly* to $f \in X^{\ast}$ if $f_n$ converges pointwise to $f$, that is, if $$\forall x \in X, \quad\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} f_n(x) = f(x).$$

In the special case that $X^{\ast} = L^{\infty}(\Omega,\mu)$ for some measure space $(\Omega,\mathcal{A},\mu)$, I've stumpled upon a different definition (for example, here and here): a sequence $(f_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ in $L^{\infty}(\Omega,\mu)$ converges weakly* to $f \in L^{\infty}(\Omega,\mu)$ if $$\forall g \in L^1(\Omega,\mu), \quad \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \int_{\Omega} f_n g \,\text{d}\mu = \int_{\Omega} f g \,\text{d}\mu.$$

My feeling is that both definitions are equivalent because of Riesz' Representation Theorem. Is this correct? If so, how can the equivalence be formally proved?

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It's not the Riesz Representation Theorem, but one can show without a lot of effort that for sigma-finite measures the dual of $L^1(\Omega)$ can be identified with $L^\infty(\Omega)$ with the natural duality that makes $f\in L^\infty$ a linear functional on $L^1$ via $$ g\longmapsto \int_\Omega fg. $$