Best approximation in L(μ, X), II

The object of this paper is to prove the following theorem: If Y is a closed subspace of the Banach space X, then L¹(μ, Y) is proximinal in L¹(μ, X) if and only if L^p(μ, Y) is proximinal in L^p(μ, Y) for every p, 1 < p < ∞. As an application of this result we prove that if Y is either reflexive or Y is a separable proximinal dual space, then L¹(μ, Y) is proximinal in L¹(μ, X).     

Best Simultaneous Approximation in L(I,E)

Let G be a reflexive subspace of the Banach space E and let L^p(I,E) denote the space of all p-Bochner integrable functions on the interval I=[0,1] with values in E, 1p∞. Given any norm N( , ) on R², N nondecreasing in each coordinate on the set R²₊, we prove that L^p(I,G) is N-simultaneously proximinal in L^p(I,E). Other results are also obtained.     

Best simultaneous approximation in

Let X be a Banach space, (Ω,Σ,μ) a finite measure space, and L₁(μ,X) the Banach space of X-valued Bochner μ-integrable functions defined on Ω endowed with its usual norm. Let us suppose that Σ₀ is a sub-σ-algebra of Σ, and let μ₀ be the restriction of μ to Σ₀. Given a natural number n, let N be a monotonous norm in . It is shown that if X is reflexive then L₁(μ₀,X) is N-simultaneously proximinal in L₁(μ,X) in the sense of Fathi et al. [Best simultaneous approximation in L^p(I,E), J. Approx. Theory 116 (2002), 369–379]. Some examples and remarks related with N-simultaneous proximinality are also given.     

Best simultaneous approximation in L∞(μ, X)

Let Y be a reflexive subspace of the Banach space X, let (Ω, Σ, μ) be a finite measure space, and let L_∞(μ, X) be the Banach space of all essentially bounded μ ‐Bochner integrable functions on Ω with values in X, endowed with its usual norm. Let us suppose that Σ₀ is a sub‐σ ‐algebra of Σ, and let μ₀ be the restriction of μ to Σ₀. Given a natural number n, let N be a monotonous norm in ?ⁿ . We prove that L_∞(μ, Y) is N ‐simultaneously proximinal in L_∞(μ,X), and that if X is reflexive then L_∞(μ₀, X) is N ‐simultaneously proximinal in L_∞(μ, X) in the sense of Fathi, Hussein, and Khalil [3]. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Local Uniform Strong Proximinality of the Space of Continuous Vector-Valued Functions

Let X be a Banach space, S be a compact Hausdorff space and Y be a U-proximinal subspace of X. We prove that C(S,Y) is locally uniformly strongly proximinal in C(S,X) and the corresponding metric projection map is Hausdorff metric continuous.     

Best approximation in polyhedral Banach spaces

In the present paper, we study conditions under which the metric projection of a polyhedral Banach space X onto a closed subspace is Hausdorff lower or upper semicontinuous. For example, we prove that if X satisfies (∗) (a geometric property stronger than polyhedrality) and Y⊂X is any proximinal subspace, then the metric projection P_Y is Hausdorff continuous and Y is strongly proximinal (i.e., if {y_n}⊂Y, x∈X and , then ).One of the main results of a different nature is the following: if X satisfies (∗) and Y⊂X is a closed subspace of finite codimension, then the following conditions are equivalent: (a) Y is strongly proximinal; (b) Y is proximinal; (c) each element of Y^⊥ attains its norm. Moreover, in this case the quotient X/Y is polyhedral.The final part of the paper contains examples illustrating the importance of some hypotheses in our main results.     

Banach function subspaces of L of a vector measure and related Orlicz spaces

Given a vector measure ν with values in a Banach space X, we consider the space L¹(ν) of real functions which are integrable with respect to ν. We prove that every order continuous Banach function space Y continuously contained in L¹(ν) is generated via a certain positive map related to ν and defined on X* x M, where X* is the dual space of X and M the space of measurable functions. This procedure provides a way of defining Orlicz spaces with respect to the vector measure ν.     

Absolute continuity of information channels

Let [X, v, Y] be an abstract information channel with the input X = (X, ) and the output Y = (Y, ) which are measurable spaces, and denote by L(Y) = L(Y, ) the Banach space of all bounded signed measures with finite total variation as norm. The channel distribution ν(·,·) is considered as a function defined on (X, ) and valued in L(Y). It will be proved that, if the measurable space (Y, ) is countably generated, then the is a strongly measurable function from X into L(Y) if and only if there exists a probability measure μ on (Y, ) which dominates every measure ν(x, ·) (x X). Furthermore, under this condition, the Radon-Nikodym derivative ν(x, dy)/μ(dy) is jointly measurable with respect to the product measure space (X, , m) (Y, , μ) where m is any but fixed probability measure of (X, ). As an application, it will be shown that the channel given as above is uniformly approximated by channels of Hibert-Schmidt type.     

L 1 (μ, X) as a constrained subspace of its bidual

In this note we consider the property of being constrained in the bidual, for the space of Bochner integrable functions. For a Banach spaceX having the Radon-Nikodym property and constrained in its bidual and forY ⊂ X, under a natural assumption onY, we show thatL ¹ (μ, X/Y) is constrained in its bidual andL ¹ (μ, Y) is a proximinal subspace ofL ¹(μ, X). As an application of these results, we show that, ifL ¹(μ, X) admits generalized centers for finite sets and ifY ⊂ X is reflexive, thenL ¹ μ, X/Y) also admits generalized centers for finite sets.     

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Some applications of BP-theorem in approximation theory

In this paper we apply Bishop-Phelps property to show that if X is a Banach space and G X is the maximal subspace so that G⊥ = {x* ∈ X*|x*(y) = 0; y∈ G} is an L-summand in X*, then L1(Ω,G) is contained in a maximal proximinal subspace of L1(Ω,X).     

Banach spaces in various positions

We formulate a general theory of positions for subspaces of a Banach space: we define equivalent and isomorphic positions, study the automorphy index a(Y,X) that measures how many non-equivalent positions Y admits in X, and obtain estimates of a(Y,X) for X a classical Banach space such as ?p,Lp,L₁,C(ωω) or C[0,1]. Then, we study different aspects of the automorphic space problem posed by Lindenstrauss and Rosenthal; namely, does there exist a separable automorphic space different from c₀ or ?₂? Recall that a Banach space X is said to be automorphic if every subspace Y admits only one position in X; i.e., a(Y,X)=1 for every subspace Y of X. We study the notion of extensible space and uniformly finitely extensible space (UFO), which are relevant since every automorphic space is extensible and every extensible space is UFO. We obtain a dichotomy theorem: Every UFO must be either an L_∞-space or a weak type 2 near-Hilbert space with the Maurey projection property. We show that a Banach space all of whose subspaces are UFO (called hereditarily UFO spaces) must be asymptotically Hilbertian; while a Banach space for which both X and X^∗ are UFO must be weak Hilbert. We then refine the dichotomy theorem for Banach spaces with some additional structure. In particular, we show that an UFO with unconditional basis must be either c₀ or a superreflexive weak type 2 space; that a hereditarily UFO Köthe function space must be Hilbert; and that a rearrangement invariant space UFO must be either L_∞ or a superreflexive type 2 Banach lattice.     

Proximinality in Subspaces of c0

We say that a normed linear space X is a R(1) space if the following holds: If Y is a closed subspace of finite codimension in X and every hyperplane containing Y is proximinal in X then Y is proximinal in X. In this paper we show that any closed subspace of c₀ is a R(1) space.     

A full-invariant theorem and some applications

Let (X,τ₁) and (Y,τ₂) be two Hausdorff locally convex spaces with continuous duals X′ and Y′, respectively, L(X,Y) be the space of all continuous linear operators from X into Y, K(X,Y) be the space of all compact operators of L(X,Y). Let WOT and UOT be the weak operator topology and uniform operator topology on K(X,Y), respectively. In this paper, we characterize a full-invariant property of K(X,Y); that is, if the sequence space λ has the signed-weak gliding hump property, then each λ-multiplier WOT-convergent series ∑_iT_i in K(X,Y) must be λ-multiplier convergent with respect to all topologies between WOT and UOT if and only if each continuous linear operator T :(X,τ₁)→(λ^β,σ(λ^β,λ)) is compact. It follows from this result that the converse of Kalton's Orlicz–Pettis theorem is also true.     

A discrete Korovkin theorem

In this paper we give a sufficient condition for the pointwise Korovkin property on B(X), the space of bounded real valued functions on an arbitrary countable set X = {x_l,…, x_j,…}. Our theorem follows from its L_p(X, μ) analogue (and conversely); here 1 p < ∞ and μ is a positive finite measure on X such that μ({x_j}) > 0 for all j.     

-Operator frames for a Banach space

In this paper, (p,Y)-Bessel operator sequences, operator frames and (p,Y)-Riesz bases for a Banach space X are introduced and discussed as generalizations of the usual concepts for a Hilbert space and of the g-frames. It is proved that the set of all (p,Y)-Bessel operator sequences for a Banach space X is a Banach space and isometrically isomorphic to the operator space B(X,ℓ^p(Y)). Some necessary and sufficient conditions for a sequence of operators to be a (p,Y)-Bessel operator sequence are given. Also, a characterization of an independent (p,Y)-operator frame for X is obtained. Lastly, it is shown that an independent (p,Y)-operator frame for X is just a (p,Y)-Riesz basis for X and has a unique dual (q,Y^*)-operator frame for X^*.     

Best polynomial and durrmeyer approximation in Lp(S)

On a simplex SR^d, the best polynomial approximation is E_n()_Lp(S)=Inf{P_n−_Lp(S): P_n of total degree n}. The Durrmeyer modification, M_n, of the Bernstein operator is a bounded operator on L_p(S) and has many “nice” properties, most notably commutativity and self-adjointness. In this paper, relations between M_n−z.dfnc;_Lp(S) and E_[√n]()_Lp(S) will be given by weak inequalities will imply, for 0<α<1 and 1≤p≤∞, E_n()_Lp(S)=O(n^-2α)M_n−z.dfnc;_Lp(S)=O(n^-α). We also see how the fact that P(D)εL_p(S) for the appropriate P(D) affects directional smoothness.     

Metric Projections and Polyhedral Spaces

We prove that if X is a Banach space and Y is a proximinal subspace of finite codimension in X such that the finite dimensional annihilator of Y is polyhedral, then the metric projection from X onto Y is lower Hausdorff semi continuous. In particular this implies that if X and Y are as above, with the unit sphere of the annihilator space of Y contained in the set of quasi-polyhedral points of X ^*, then the metric projection onto Y is Hausdorff metric continuous. Partially supported under project DST/INT/US-NSF/RPO/141/2003.     

Embedding Subspaces of Lp into 𝓁Np, 0 < p < 1

It is shown that if X is an n – dimensional subspace of L_p, 0 < p < 1, then there exists a subspace Y of 𝓁^N_p such that d(X, Y) ≤ 1 + ε and N ≤ C(ε, p)n(log n)³.     

Modulus of Strong Proximinality and Continuity of Metric Projection

In this paper we initiate a quantitative study of strong proximinality. We define a quantity ϵ(x, t) which we call as modulus of strong proximinality and show that the metric projection onto a strongly proximinal subspace Y of a Banach space X is continuous at x if and only if ϵ(x, t) is continuous at x whenever t > 0. The best possible estimate of ϵ(x, t) characterizes spaces with 1 \frac121 \frac{1}{2} ball property. Estimates of ϵ(x, t) are obtained for subspaces of uniformly convex spaces and of strongly proximinal subspaces of finite codimension in C(K).     

Espaces de Banach stables

We define the notion of “stable Banach space” by a simple condition on the norm. We prove that ifE is a stable Banach space, then every subspace ofL ^p(E) (1≦p<∞) is stable. Our main result asserts that every infinite dimensional stable Banach space containsl ^p, for somep, 1≦p<∞. This is a generalization of a theorem due to D. Aldous: every infinite dimensional subspace ofL ¹ containsl ^p, for somep in the interval [1, 2].