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We construct two examples of infinite spaces X such that there is no continuous linear surjection from the space of continuous functions $c_p(X)$ onto $c_p(X)$ × ℝ$. In particular, $c_p(X)$ is not linearly homeomorphic to $c_p(X)$ × ℝ$. One of these examples is compact. This answers some questions of Arkhangel'skiĭ.