Uniform rotundity of Orlicz function spaces equipped with the ‐Amemiya norm

Necessary and sufficient conditions for uniform rotundity of Orlicz function spaces equipped with the p‐Amemiya norm are presented. The obtained results unify, complete and widen the characterization of uniform rotundity of Orlicz spaces. In the case of the ∞‐Amemiya (i.e. the Luxemburg) norm or the 1‐Amemiya (i.e. the Orlicz) norm, these results were known earlier. Some connections with the fixed point theory and the best approximation theory are presented.     

Smoothness of the Orlicz norm in Musielak–Orlicz function spaces

In this paper, we present a characterization of support functionals and smooth points in , the Musielak–Orlicz space equipped with the Orlicz norm. As a result, criterion for the smoothness of is also obtained. Some expressions involving the norms of functionals in , the topological dual of , are proved for arbitrary Musielak–Orlicz functions.     

Weak orthogonality and weak property (β) in some banach sequence spaces

It is proved that a Köthe sequence space is weakly orthogonal if and only if it is order continuous. Criteria for weak property () in Orlicz sequence spaces in the case of the Luxemburg norm as well as the Orlicz norm are given.     

The Bernstein–Orlicz norm and deviation inequalities

We introduce two new concepts designed for the study of empirical processes. First, we introduce a new Orlicz norm which we call the Bernstein–Orlicz norm. This new norm interpolates sub-Gaussian and sub-exponential tail behavior. In particular, we show how this norm can be used to simplify the derivation of deviation inequalities for suprema of collections of random variables. Secondly, we introduce chaining and generic chaining along a tree. These simplify the well-known concepts of chaining and generic chaining. The supremum of the empirical process is then studied as a special case. We show that chaining along a tree can be done using entropy with bracketing. Finally, we establish a deviation inequality for the empirical process for the unbounded case.     

Amemiya Norm Equals Orlicz Norm in Musielak-Orlicz Spaces

Let （Ω,μ） be a a-finite measure space and Φ ： Ω × [0,∞） → [0, ∞] be a Musielak-Orlicz function. Denote by L^Φ（Ω） the Musielak-Orlicz space generated by Φ. We prove that the Amemiya norm equals the Orlicz norm in L^Φ（Ω）.     

On weak uniform normal structure in weighted Orlicz sequence spaces

It is proved that a weighted Orlicz sequence space ?M(w), equipped with Luxemburg or Amemiya norm has weak uniform normal structure iff ?M(w)≅hM(w) for wide class of weight sequences . An example is constructed, where M has not Δ₂-condition but by choosing a suitable weight sequence limn→∞wn=∞ we get that ?M(w) has weak uniform normal structure.     

Isometric copies of and in Orlicz spaces equipped with the Orlicz norm

Criteria in order that an Orlicz space equipped with the Orlicz norm contains a linearly isometric copy (or an order linearly isometric copy) of (or ) are given.

     

Strict convexity of sequence Orlicz-Musielak spaces with Orlicz norm

H. Milnes gave in (Pacific J. Math. 18 (1957), 1451–1483) a criterion for strict convexity of Orlicz spaces with respect to the so called Orlicz norm, in the case of nonatomic measure and a usual Young function. Here there are presented necessary and sufficient conditions for strict convexity of Orlicz-Musielak spaces (J. Musielak and W. Orlicz, Studia Math. 18 (1957), 49–65) with Orlicz norm in the case of purely atomic measure. For sequence Orlicz-Musielak spaces with Luxemburg norm, such a criterion is given in (A. Kami ska, Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci. Sér. Sci. Math. Astronom. Phys. 29 (1981), 137–144).     

Essential norm of composition operators on the Hardy space H 1 and the weighted Bergman spaces {A_{\alpha}^{p}} on the ball

We estimate the essential norm of a composition operator acting on the Hardy space H ¹ and the weighted Bergman spaces ${A_{\alpha}^{p}}$ on the unit ball. In passing, we recover (and somehow simplify the proof of) parts of the recent article by Demazeux, dealing with the same question for H ¹ of the unit disc. We also estimate the essential norm of a composition operator acting on ${A_{\alpha}^{p}}$ in terms of the angular derivatives of ${\phi}$ , under a mild condition on ${\phi}$ .     

Monotonicity Properties of Musielak–Orlicz Spaces and Dominated Best Approximation in Banach Lattices

Criteria for strict monotonicity, lower local uniform monotonicity, upper local uniform monotonicity and uniform monotonicity of a Musielak–Orlicz space endowed with the Amemiya norm and its subspace of order continuous elements are given in the cases of nonatomic and the counting measure space. To complete the results of Kurc (J. Approx. Theory69(1992), 173–187), criteria for upper local uniform monotonicity of these spaces equipped with the Luxemburg norm are also given. Some applications to dominated best approximation are presented.     

Pointwise behaviour of Orlicz–Sobolev functions

We study the regularity of Orlicz–Sobolev functions on metric measure spaces equipped with a doubling measure. We show that each Orlicz–Sobolev function is quasicontinuous and has Lebesgue points outside a set of capacity zero and that the discrete maximal operator is bounded in the Orlicz–Sobolev space. We also show that if the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator is bounded in the Orlicz space $L^{\Psi}(X)We study the regularity of Orlicz–Sobolev functions on metric measure spaces equipped with a doubling measure. We show that each Orlicz–Sobolev function is quasicontinuous and has Lebesgue points outside a set of capacity zero and that the discrete maximal operator is bounded in the Orlicz–Sobolev space. We also show that if the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator is bounded in the Orlicz space , then each Orlicz–Sobolev function can be approximated by a H?lder continuous function both in the Lusin sense and in norm. The research is supported by the Centre of Excellence Geometric Analysis and Mathematical Physics of the Academy of Finland.     

Complex rotundity of Orlicz sequence spaces equipped with the p-Amemiya norm

In this paper, two equivalent definitions of complex strongly extreme points in general complex Banach spaces are shown. It is proved that for any Orlicz sequence space equipped with the p-Amemiya norm (1?p<∞, p is odd), complex strongly extreme points of the unit ball coincide with complex extreme points of the unit ball. Moreover, criteria for them in Orlicz sequence spaces equipped with the p-Amemiya norm are given. Criteria for complex mid-point locally uniform rotundity and complex rotundity of Orlicz sequence spaces equipped with the p-Amemiya norm are also deduced.     

Uniform convexity and the distribution of the norm for a Gaussian measure

Summary We show that if a Banach space E has a norm · such that the modulus of uniform convexity is bounded below by a power function, then for each Gaussian measure on E the distribition of the norm for has a bounded density with respect to Lebesgue measure. This result is optimum in the following sense:If (a _n) is an arbitrary sequence with a _n0, there exists a uniformly convex norm N(·) on the standard Hilbert space, equivalent to the usual norm such that the modulus of convexity of this norm satisfies , and a Gaussian measure on E such that the distribution of the norm for does not have a bounded density with respect to Lebesgue measure.     

Robust norm equivalencies for diffusion problems

Additive multilevel methods offer an efficient way for the fast solution of large sparse linear systems which arise from a finite element discretization of an elliptic boundary value problem. These solution methods are based on multilevel norm equivalencies for the associated bilinear form using a suitable subspace decomposition. To obtain a robust iterative scheme, it is crucial that the constants in the norm equivalence do not depend or depend only weakly on the ellipticity constants of the problem.

In this paper we present such a robust norm equivalence for the model problem with a scalar diffusion coefficient in . Our estimates involve only very weak information about , and the results are applicable for a large class of diffusion coefficients. Namely, we require to be in the Muckenhoupt class , a function class well-studied in harmonic analysis.

The presented multilevel norm equivalencies are a main step towards the realization of an optimal and robust multilevel preconditioner for scalar diffusion problems.

     

CVaR norm and applications in optimization

This paper introduces the family of CVaR norms in \({\mathbb {R}}^{n}\) , based on the CVaR concept. The CVaR norm is defined in two variations: scaled and non-scaled. The well-known \(L_{1}\) and \(L_{\infty }\) norms are limiting cases of the new family of norms. The D-norm, used in robust optimization, is equivalent to the non-scaled CVaR norm. We present two relatively simple definitions of the CVaR norm: (i) as the average or the sum of some percentage of largest absolute values of components of vector; (ii) as an optimal solution of a CVaR minimization problem suggested by Rockafellar and Uryasev. CVaR norms are piece-wise linear functions on \({\mathbb {R}}^{n}\) and can be used in various applications where the Euclidean norm is typically used. To illustrate, in the computational experiments we consider the problem of projecting a point onto a polyhedral set. The CVaR norm allows formulating this problem as a convex or linear program for any level of conservativeness.     

Maluta's coefficient in Musielak-Orlicz sequence spaces equipped with the Orlicz norm

Maluta's coefficient of Musielak-Orlicz sequence spaces equipped with the Orlicz norm is calculated. A sufficient condition for the Schur property of these spaces is given.