A note in approximative compactness and midpoint locally k-uniform rotundity in Banach spaces

In this article, we prove the following results: (1) A Banach space X is weak midpoint locally k-uniformly rotund if and only if every closed ball of X is an approximatively weakly compact k-Chebyshev set; (2) A Banach space X is midpoint locally k-uniformly rotund if and only if every closed ball of X is an approximatively compact k-Chebyshev set.     

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.     

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.     

A Banach space in which all compact sets, but not all bounded sets, admit Chebyshev centers

Given a Banach spaceX, letc ₀(X) be the space of all null sequences inX (equipped with the supremum norm). We show that: 1) each compact set inc ₀(X) admits a (Chebyshev) center iff each compact set inX admits a center; 2) forX satisfying a certain condition (Q), each bounded set inc ₀(X) admits a center iffX is quasi uniformly rotund. We construct a Banach spaceX such that the compact subsets ofX admit centers,X satisfies the condition (Q) andX is not quasi uniformly rotund. It follows that the Banach spaceE=c ₀(X) has the property from the title. Eine überarbeitete Fassung ging am 4. 7. 2001 ein     

A theorem of Riesz type with Pettis integrals in topological vector spaces

Let X be a locally convex Hausdorff space and let C₀(S,X) be the space of all continuous functions f:S→X, with compact support on the locally compact space S. In this paper we prove a Riesz representation theorem for a class of bounded operators T:C₀(S,X)→X, where the representing integrals are X-valued Pettis integrals with respect to bounded signed measures on S. Under the additional assumption that X is a locally convex space, having the convex compactness property, or either, X is a locally convex space whose dual X^′ is a barrelled space for an appropriate topology, we obtain a complete identification between all X-valued Pettis integrals on S and the bounded operators T:C₀(S,X)→X they represent. Finally we give two illustrations of the representation theorem proved, in the particular case when X is the topological dual of a locally convex space.     

A Simple Proof of the Borel Extension Theorem and Weak Compactness of Operators

Let T be a locally compact Hausdorff space and let C ₀(T) be the Banach space of all complex valued continuous functions vanishing at infinity in T, provided with the supremum norm. Let X be a quasicomplete locally convex Hausdorff space. A simple proof of the theorem on regular Borel extension of X-valued -additive Baire measures on T is given, which is more natural and direct than the existing ones. Using this result the integral representation and weak compactness of a continuous linear map u: C ₀(T) X when c ₀ X are obtained. The proof of the latter result is independent of the use of powerful results such as Theorem 6 of [6] or Theorem 3 (vii) of [13].     

A stability property for locally uniformly rotund renorming

It is proved that C(K,E) (the space of all continuous functions on a Hausdorff compact space K taking values in a Banach space E) admits an equivalent locally uniformly rotund norm if C(K) and E do so. Moreover, if the equivalent LUR norms on C(K) and E are lower semicontinuous with respect to some weak topologies, the LUR norm on C(K,E) can be chosen to be lower semicontinuous with respect to an appropriate weak topology. As a consequence we prove that if X and Y are two Hausdorff compacta and C(X), C(Y) admit equivalent (pointwise lower semicontinuous) LUR norms, then so does C(X×Y).     

The space of maps from a locally compact space to a Banach space

The space of continuous maps from a topological spaceX to topological spaceY is denoted byC(X,Y) with the compact-open topology. In this paper we prove thatC(X,Y) is an absolute retract ifX is a locally compact separable metric space andY a convex set in a Banach space. From the above fact we know thatC(X,Y) is homomorphic to Hilbert spacel ₂ ifX is a locally compact separable metric space andY a separable Banach space; in particular,C(R ⁿ,R^m) is homomorphic to Hilbert spacel ₂. This research is supported by the Science Foundation of Shanxi Province's Scientific Committee     

Fixed point iteration processes for asymptotic pointwise nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces

Let X be a uniformly convex Banach space with the Opial property. Let T:C→C be an asymptotic pointwise nonexpansive mapping, where C is bounded, closed and convex subset of X. In this paper, we prove that the generalized Mann and Ishikawa processes converge weakly to a fixed point of T. In addition, we prove that for compact asymptotic pointwise nonexpansive mappings acting in uniformly convex Banach spaces, both processes converge strongly to a fixed point.     

A renorming of dual spaces

If Banach spacesX,X ^* are both weakly compactly generated, thenX has an equivalent norm whose dual onX ^* is locally uniformly rotund.     

Covering L p Spaces by Balls

We prove that, given any covering of any separable infinite-dimensional uniformly rotund and uniformly smooth Banach space X by closed balls each of positive radius, some point exists in X which belongs to infinitely many balls.     

A note on convex renorming and fragmentability

Using the game approach to fragmentability, we give new and simpler proofs of the following known results: (a) If the Banach space admits an equivalent Kadec norm, then its weak topology is fragmented by a metric which is stronger than the norm topology. (b) If the Banach space admits an equivalent rotund norm, then its weak topology is fragmented by a metric. (c) If the Banach space is weakly locally uniformly rotund, then its weak topology is fragmented by a metric which is stronger than the norm topology.     

Convexities and approximative compactness and continuity of metric projection in Banach spaces

In this paper, we investigate the continuities of the metric projection in a nonreflexive Banach space X, which improve the results in [X.N. Fang, J.H. Wang, Convexity and continuity of metric projection, Math. Appl. 14 (1) (2001) 47–51; P.D. Liu, Y.L. Hou, A convergence theorem of martingales in the limit, Northeast. Math. J. 6 (2) (1990) 227–234; H.J. Wang, Some results on the continuity of metric projections, Math. Appl. 8 (1) (1995) 80–84]. Under the assumption that X has some convexities, we discuss the relationship between approximative compactness of a subset A of X and continuity of the metric projection P_A. We also give a representation theorem for the metric projection to a hyperplane in dual space X^∗ and discuss its continuity.     

Operations on approximatively compact sets

In the paper, the problem of preserving the property of approximative compactness under diverse operations is considered. In an arbitrary uniformly convex separable space, we construct an example of two approximatively compact sets whose intersection is not approximatively compact. An example of two linear approximatively compact sets for which the closure of their algebraic sum is not approximatively compact is constructed. In an arbitrary Banach space, we construct two nonlinear approximatively compact sets whose algebraic sum is closed but not approximatively compact. We also prove that any uniformly closed Banach space contains an approximatively compact cavity.     

Smooth noncompact operators from <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>), <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis> scattered

Let X be a Banach space, K be a scattered compact and T: B _C(K) → X be a Fréchet smooth operator whose derivative is uniformly continuous. We introduce the smooth biconjugate T**: B _C(K)** → X** and prove that if T is noncompact, then the derivative of T** at some point is a noncompact linear operator. Using this we conclude, among other things, that either is compact or that ℓ₁ is a complemented subspace of X*. We also give some relevant examples of smooth functions and operators, in particular, a C ^1,u -smooth noncompact operator from B _{c O} which does not fix any (affine) basic sequence. P. Hájek was supported by grants A100190502, Institutional Research Plan AV0Z10190503.     

A simple proof of the mean ergodic theorem for nonlinear contractions in Banach spaces

The following theorem is proven:if E is a uniformly rotund Banach space with a Fréchet differentiable norm, C is a bounded nonempty closed convex subset of E, and T: C→C is a contraction, then the iterates {T ⁿx} are weakly almost-convergent to a fixed-point of T. Supported by NSF Grant MCS 76-08217.     

A fixed point result in strictly convex Banach spaces

We define an alternate convexically nonexpansive map T on a bounded, closed, convex subset C of a Banach space X and prove that if X is a strictly convex Banach space and C is a nonempty weakly compact convex subset of X, then every alternate convexically nonexpansive map T : C → C has a fixed point. As its application, we give an existence result for the solution of an integral equation.     

The characteristic of noncompact convexity and random fixed point theorem for set-valued operators

Let (Ω, Σ) be a measurable space, X a Banach space whose characteristic of noncompact convexity is less than 1, C a bounded closed convex subset of X, KC(C) the family of all compact convex subsets of C. We prove that a set-valued nonexpansive mapping T: C → KC(C) has a fixed point. Furthermore, if X is separable then we also prove that a set-valued nonexpansive operator T: Ω × C → KC(C) has a random fixed point.     

On non-fragmentability of Banach spaces

In this paper, we use the game characterization of Kenderov and Moors [11] to construct an example of a non-fragmentable Banach space. More precisely, we will show that ifX is the tree-complete Banach algebra of Haydon and Zizler [3], (X/c ₀, weak) is not fragmentable by any metric. In particular, this shows thatX/c ₀ cannot be equivalently renormed to be rotund.     

Directions of uniform rotundity in direct sums of normed spaces

Let {(X_i,|| · || _i)}_{i ? I},\{(X_i,\left \| {\cdot } \right \| _{i})\}_{i\in I}, be an arbitrary family of normed spaces and let (E,|| · || _E)(E,\left \| {\cdot } \right \| _{E}) be a monotonic normed space of real functions on the set I that is an ideal in \Bbb R^I{\Bbb R}^I. We prove a sufficient condition for the direct sum space E(X_i) to be uniformly rotund in a direction. We show that this condition is also necessary for E=l_￥E=\ell _{\infty }, and it is not necessary for E=l₁E=\ell _1. When E is either uniformly rotund in every direction and has compact order intervals, or weakly uniformly rotund respect to its evaluation functionals, we reestablish as a corollary the result that reads: E(X_i)E(X_i) is uniformly rotund in every direction if and only if so are all the X_i.