Exact and explicit analytic solutions of an extended Jabotinsky functional differential equation

A Banach space X will be called extensible if every operator E → X from a subspace E ⊂ X can be extended to an operator X → X. Denote by dens X. The smallest cardinal of a subset of X whose linear span is dense in X, the space X will be called automorphic when for every subspace E ⊂ X every into isomorphism T: E → X for which dens X/E = dens X/TE can be extended to an automorphism X → X. Lindenstrauss and Rosenthal proved that c ₀ is automorphic and conjectured that c ₀ and ℓ₂ are the only separable automorphic spaces. Moreover, they ask about the extensible or automorphic character of c ₀(Γ), for Γ uncountable. That c ₀(Γ) is extensible was proved by Johnson and Zippin, and we prove here that it is automorphic and that, moreover, every automorphic space is extensible while the converse fails. We then study the local structure of extensible spaces, showing in particular that an infinite dimensional extensible space cannot contain uniformly complemented copies of ℓ _n ^p , 1 ≤ p < ∞, p ≠ 2. We derive that infinite dimensional spaces such as L _p (μ), p ≠ 2, C(K) spaces not isomorphic to c ₀ for K metric compact, subspaces of c ₀ which are not isomorphic to c ₀, the Gurarij space, Tsirelson spaces or the Argyros-Deliyanni HI space cannot be automorphic. The work of the first author has been supported in part by project MTM2004-02635     

On solutions to the Schroeder-Bernstein problem for Banach spaces

We investigate the geometry of the Banach spaces failing Schroeder-Bernstein Property (SBP). Initially we prove that every complex hereditarily indecomposable Banach space H is isomorphic to a complemented subspace of a Banach space S(H) that fails SBP in such a way that the only complemented hereditarily indecomposable subspaces of S(H) are those which are nearly isomorphic to H. Then we show that every Banach space having Mazur property is isomorphic to some complemented subspace of a Banach space which is not isomorphic to its square but isomorphic to its cube. Finally, we prove that if a Banach space X fails SBP then either it is not primary or the Grothendieck group K₀(L(X)) of the algebra of operators on X is not trivial.     

Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces

There exists a real hereditarily indecomposable Banach space X=X(C) (respectively X=X(H)) such that the algebra L(X)/S(X) is isomorphic to C (respectively to the quaternionic division algebra H).Up to isomorphism, X(C) has exactly two complex structures, which are conjugate, totally incomparable, and both hereditarily indecomposable. So there exist two Banach spaces which are isometric as real spaces but totally incomparable as complex spaces. This extends results of J. Bourgain and S. Szarek [J. Bourgain, Real isomorphic complex Banach spaces need not be complex isomorphic, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 96 (2) (1986) 221-226; S. Szarek, On the existence and uniqueness of complex structure and spaces with “few” operators, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 293 (1) (1986) 339-353; S. Szarek, A superreflexive Banach space which does not admit complex structure, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 (3) (1986) 437-444], and proves that a theorem of G. Godefroy and N.J. Kalton [G. Godefroy, N.J. Kalton, Lipschitz-free Banach spaces, Studia Math. 159 (1) (2003) 121-141] about isometric embeddings of separable real Banach spaces does not extend to the complex case.The quaternionic example X(H), on the other hand, has unique complex structure up to isomorphism; other examples with a unique complex structure are produced, including a space with an unconditional basis and non-isomorphic to l₂. This answers a question of S. Szarek in [S. Szarek, A superreflexive Banach space which does not admit complex structure, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 (3) (1986) 437-444].     

Approximately spectrum-preserving maps

Let X and Y be superreflexive complex Banach spaces and let B(X) and B(Y) be the Banach algebras of all bounded linear operators on X and Y, respectively. If a bijective linear map Φ:B(X)→B(Y) almost preserves the spectra, then it is almost multiplicative or anti-multiplicative. Furthermore, in the case where X=Y is a separable complex Hilbert space, such a map is a small perturbation of an automorphism or an anti-automorphism.     

M(r, s)-ideals of compact operators

We study the position of compact operators in the space of all continuous linear operators and its subspaces in terms of ideals. One of our main results states that for Banach spaces X and Y the subspace of all compact operators K (X, Y) is an M(r ₁ r ₂, s ₁ s ₂)-ideal in the space of all continuous linear operators L(X, Y) whenever K (X,X) and K (Y, Y) are M(r ₁, s ₁)- and M(r ₂, s ₂)-ideals in L(X,X) and L(Y, Y), respectively, with r ₁ + s ₁/2 > 1 and r ₂ +s ₂/2 > 1. We also prove that the M(r, s)-ideal K (X, Y ) in L(X, Y ) is separably determined. Among others, our results complete and improve some well-known results on M-ideals.     

Scattered compactifications and the orderability of scattered spaces

A space is defined to be suborderable if it is embeddable in a (totally) orderable space. The length of a scattered space X is the least ordinal a such that X(_a), the ath derived set of X, is empty. It is shown that a suborderable scattered space of countable length is hereditarily paracompact, orderable, and admits an orderable scattered compactification.     

Banach spaces with the Daugavet property, and the centralizer

We introduce representable Banach spaces, and prove that the class R of such spaces satisfies the following properties:

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Every member of R has the Daugavet property.

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It Y is a member of R, then, for every Banach space X, both the space L(X,Y) (of all bounded linear operators from X to Y) and the complete injective tensor product lie in R.

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If K is a perfect compact Hausdorff topological space, then, for every Banach space Y, and for most vector space topologies τ on Y, the space C(K,(Y,τ)) (of all Y-valued τ-continuous functions on K) is a member of R.

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If K is a perfect compact Hausdorff topological space, then, for every Banach space Y, most C(K,Y)-superspaces (in the sense of [V. Kadets, N. Kalton, D. Werner, Remarks on rich subspaces of Banach spaces, Studia Math. 159 (2003) 195-206]) are members of R.

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All dual Banach spaces without minimal M-summands are members of R.

     

On a generalized Mazur-Ulam question: Extension of isometries between unit spheres of Banach spaces

We call a Banach space X admitting the Mazur-Ulam property (MUP) provided that for any Banach space Y, if f is an onto isometry between the two unit spheres of X and Y, then it is the restriction of a linear isometry between the two spaces. A generalized Mazur-Ulam question is whether every Banach space admits the MUP. In this paper, we show first that the question has an affirmative answer for a general class of Banach spaces, namely, somewhere-flat spaces. As their immediate consequences, we obtain on the one hand that the question has an approximately positive answer: Given ε>0, every Banach space X admits a (1+ε)-equivalent norm such that X has the MUP; on the other hand, polyhedral spaces, CL-spaces admitting a smooth point (in particular, separable CL-spaces) have the MUP.     

Density of finite rank operators in the Banach space of p-compact operators

A Banach space X is said to have the kp-approximation property (kp-AP) if for every Banach space Y, the space F(Y,X) of finite rank operators is dense in the space Kp(Y,X) of p-compact operators endowed with its natural ideal norm kp. In this paper we study this notion that has been previously treated by Sinha and Karn (2002) in [15]. As application, the kp-AP of dual Banach spaces is characterized via density of finite rank operators in the space of quasi p-nuclear operators for the p-summing norm. This allows to obtain a relation between the kp-AP and Saphar's approximation property. As another application, the kp-AP is characterized in terms of a trace condition. Finally, we relate the kp-AP to the (p,p)-approximation property introduced in Sinha and Karn (2002) [15] for subspaces of Lp(μ)-spaces.     

Чебыщевские подпространства в пространстве ХардиH 1

A subspaceY of a Banach spaceX is called a Chebyshev one if for everyx∈X there exists a unique elementP _Y (x) inY of best approximation. In this paper, necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained in order that certain classes of subspacesY of the Hardy spaceH ¹=H ¹ (|z|<1) be Chebyshev ones, and also the properties of the operatorP _Y are studied. These results show that the theory of Chebyshev subspaces inH ¹ differs sharply from the corresponding theory inL ¹(C) of complex-valued functions defined and integrable on the unit circleC:|z|=1. For example, it is proved that inH ¹ there exist sufficiently many Chebyshev subspaces of finite dimension or co-dimension (while inL ¹(C) there are no Chebyshev subspaces of finite dimension or co-dimension). Besides, it turned out that the collection of the Chebyshev subspacesY with a linear operatorP _Y inH ¹ (in contrast toL ¹(C)) is exhausted by that minimum which is necessary for any Banach space.     

On certain spaces of vector measures of bounded variation

If (Σ,X) is a measurable space and X a Banach space we investigate the X-inheritance of copies of ?_∞ in certain subspaces Δ(Σ,X) of bvca(Σ,X), the Banach space of all X-valued countable additive measures of bounded variation equipped with the variation norm. Among the consequences of our main theorem we get a theorem of J. Mendoza on the X-inheritance of copies of ?_∞ in the Bochner space L₁(μ,X) and other of the author on the X-inheritance of copies of ?_∞ in bvca(Σ,X).     

Compact almost automorphic solutions to integral equations with infinite delay

Given a∈L¹(R) and the generator A of an L¹-integrable resolvent family of linear bounded operators defined on a Banach space X, we prove the existence of compact almost automorphic solutions of the semilinear integral equation for each f:R×X→X compact almost automorphic in t, for each x∈X, and satisfying Lipschitz and Hölder type conditions. In the scalar linear case, we prove that a∈L¹(R) positive, nonincreasing and log-convex is sufficient to obtain the existence of compact almost automorphic solutions.     

Bidual renormings of Banach spaces

Given a separable Banach space X with no isomorphic copies of ℓ₁ and a separable subspace Y of its bidual, we provide a sufficient condition on Y to ensure that X admits an equivalent norm such that the restriction to Y of the corresponding bidual norm is midpoint locally uniformly rotund. This result applies to the separable subspaces of the bidual of a Banach space with a shrinking unconditional Schauder basis and to the bidual of the James space.     

Little Grothendieck's theorem for sublinear operators

Let SB(X,Y) be the set of the bounded sublinear operators from a Banach space X into a Banach lattice Y. Consider π₂(X,Y) the set of 2-summing sublinear operators. We study in this paper a variation of Grothendieck's theorem in the sublinear operators case. We prove under some conditions that every operator in SB(C(K),H) is in π₂(C(K),H) for any compact K and any Hilbert H. In the noncommutative case the problem is still open.     

Ergodic Banach spaces

We show that any Banach space contains a continuum of non-isomorphic subspaces or a minimal subspace. We define an ergodic Banach space X as a space such that E₀ Borel reduces to isomorphism on the set of subspaces of X, and show that every Banach space is either ergodic or contains a subspace with an unconditional basis which is complementably universal for the family of its block-subspaces. We also use our methods to get uniformity results. We show that an unconditional basis of a Banach space, of which every block-subspace is complemented, must be asymptotically c₀ or ?_p, and we deduce some new characterisations of the classical spaces c₀ and ?_p.     

The Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás theorem for operators

We prove the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás theorem for operators from an arbitrary Banach space X into a Banach space Y whenever the range space has property β of Lindenstrauss. We also characterize those Banach spaces Y for which the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás theorem holds for operators from ?₁ into Y. Several examples of classes of such spaces are provided. For instance, the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás theorem holds when the range space is finite-dimensional, an L₁(μ)-space for a σ-finite measure μ, a C(K)-space for a compact Hausdorff space K, or a uniformly convex Banach space.     

On Uniformly Finitely Extensible Banach spaces

We continue the study of Uniformly Finitely Extensible Banach spaces (in short, UFO) initiated in Moreno and Plichko (2009) [39] and Castillo and Plichko (2010) [18]. We show that they have the Uniform Approximation Property of Pe?czyński and Rosenthal and are compactly extensible. We will also consider their connection with the automorphic space problem of Lindenstrauss and Rosenthal – do there exist automorphic spaces other than _c0(I)$c_0(I)$ and _?2(I)${?}_2(I)$? – showing that a space all whose subspaces are UFO must be automorphic when it is Hereditarily Indecomposable (HI), and a Hilbert space when it is either locally minimal or isomorphic to its square. We will finally show that most HI – among them, the super-reflexive HI space constructed by Ferenczi – and asymptotically _?2${?}_2$ spaces in the literature cannot be automorphic.     

Asymptotically isometric copies of c0 and l in certain Banach spaces

If X is a separable Banach space, then X∗ contains an asymptotically isometric copy of l¹ if and only if there exists a quotient space of X which is asymptotically isometric to c₀. If X is an infinite-dimensional normed linear space and Y is any Banach space containing an asymptotically isometric copy of c₀, then L(X,Y) contains an isometric copy of l^∞. If X and Y are two infinite-dimensional Banach spaces and Y contains an asymptotically isometric copy of c₀, then contains a complemented asymptotically isometric copy of c₀.     

Uniform Homeomorphisms of Unit Spheres and Property H of Lebesgue–Bochner Function Spaces

Assume that the unit spheres of Banach spaces X and Y are uniformly homeomorphic.Then we prove that all unit spheres of the Lebesgue–Bochner function spaces L_p(μ, X) and L_q(μ, Y)are mutually uniformly homeomorphic where 1 ≤ p, q ∞. As its application, we show that if a Banach space X has Property H introduced by Kasparov and Yu, then the space L_p(μ, X), 1 ≤ p ∞,also has Property H.     

A Subcritical Spatially Homogeneous Branching Process May Have an Equilibrium

We characterize those Banach spaces X for which K(X ⊕_p X) is an M-ideal in L(X ⊕_p X) by means of a variant of the compact metric approximation property. As a consequence we obtain that such a space X must be hereditarily l^p-rich.