An example of a universal Banach space

We construct a separable reflexive Banach spaceX which is complementably universal for all finite dimensional Banach spaces. By this we mean: for every finite dimensional Banach spaceE there is isometric embeddingi:E→X such that there exists a projectionP: → _→ ^onto with ‖P‖=1.     

Universal spaces for the subdifferentials of sublinear operators with values in the spaces of continuous functions

Given a continuous sublinear operator P: V → C(X) from a Hausdorff separable locally convex space V to the Banach space C(X) of continuous functions on a compact set X we prove that the subdifferential ∂P at zero is operator-affinely homeomorphic to the compact subdifferential ∂ ^c Q, i.e., the subdifferential consisting only of compact linear operators, of some compact sublinear operator Q: ł² → C(X) from a separable Hilbert space ł², where the spaces of operators are endowed with the pointwise convergence topology. From the topological viewpoint, this means that the space L ^c (ł², C(X)) of compact linear operators with the pointwise convergence topology is universal with respect to the embedding of the subdifferentials of sublinear operators of the class under consideration.     

The problem of envelopes for Banach spaces

LetX be a Banach space. A Banach spaceY is an envelope ofX if (1)Y is finitely representable inX; (2) any Banach spaceZ finitely representable inX and of density character not exceeding that ofY is isometric to a subspace ofY. Lindenstrauss and Pelczynski have asked whether any separable Banach space has a separable envelope. We give a negative answer to this question by showing the existence of a Banach space isomorphic tol ₂, which has no separable envelope. A weaker positive result holds: any separable Banach space has an envelope of density character ≦ℵ₁ (assuming the continuum hypothesis).     

A Decomposition Theorem for Compact-Valued Henstock Integral

We prove that if X is a separable Banach space, then a measurable multifunction Γ : [0, 1] → ck(X) is Henstock integrable if and only if Γ can be represented as Γ = G + f, where G : [0, 1] → ck(X) is McShane integrable and f is a Henstock integrable selection of Γ.     

A superreflexive banach spaceX withL(X) admitting a homomorphism onto the Banach algebraC(βN)

A separable superreflexive Banach spaceX is constructed such that the Banach algebraL(X) of all continuous endomorphisms ofX admits a continuous homomorphism onto the Banach algebraC(βN) of all scalar valued functions on the Stone-Čech compacification of the positive integers with supremum norm. In particular: (i) the cardinality of the set of all linear multiplicative functionals onL(X) is equal to 2^c and (ii)X is not isomorphic to any finite Cartesian power of any Banach space.     

Local properties of the solution set of the operator equation in Banach spaces in a neighbourhood of a bifurcation point

In this work we study the problem of the existence of bifurcation in the solution set of the equation F(x, λ)=0, where F: X×R ^k →Y is a C ²-smooth operator, X and Y are Banach spaces such that X⊂Y. Moreover, there is given a scalar product 〈·,·〉: Y×Y→R ¹ that is continuous with respect to the norms in X and Y. We show that under some conditions there is bifurcation at a point (0, λ₀)∈X×R ^k and we describe the solution set of the studied equation in a small neighbourhood of this point.     

Fixed point theorems for non-Lipschitzian mappings of asymptotically nonexpansive type

LetX be a Banach space,K a nonempty, bounded, closed and convex subset ofX, and supposeT:K→K satisfies: for eachx∈K, lim sup _i→∞{sup _y∈K ‖t ⁱx−Tⁱy∼−‖x−y‖}≦0. IfT ^N is continuous for some positive integerN, and if either (a)X is uniformly convex, or (b)K is compact, thenT has a fixed point inK. The former generalizes a theorem of Goebel and Kirk for asymptotically nonexpansive mappings. These are mappingsT:K→K satisfying, fori sufficiently large, ‖Tⁱx−Tⁱy‖≦k _i‖x−y∼,x,y∈K, wherek _i→1 asi→∞. The precise assumption in (a) is somewhat weaker than uniform convexity, requiring only that Goebel’s characteristic of convexity, ɛ₀ (X), be less than one. Research supported by National Science Foundation Grant GP 18045.     

On smooth, nonlinear surjections of banach spaces

It is shown that (1) every infinite-dimensional Banach space admits aC ¹ Lipschitz map onto any separable Banach space, and (2) if the dual of a separable Banach spaceX contains a normalized, weakly null Banach-Saks sequence, thenX admits aC ^∞ map onto any separable Banach space. Subsequently, we generalize these results to mappings onto larger target spaces. Supported by an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematics.     

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.     

Polyhedral banach spaces and extensions of compact operators

LetX be a polyhedral Banach space whose dual is anL ₁(μ) space for some measureμ. Then for each Banach spacesY ⊆Z and each compact operatorT: Y →X there exists a norm preserving compact extension Z →X.     

On Banach spaces whose dual balls are not weak∗ sequentially compact

Theorem 1. LetX be a Banach space. (a) IfX ^∗ has a closed subspace in which no normalized sequence converges weak^∗ to zero, thenl ₁ is isomorphic to a subspace ofX. (b) IfX ^∗ contains a bounded sequence which has no weak^∗ convergent subsequence, thenX contains a separable subspace whose dual is not separable. The second-named author was supported in part by NSF-MPS 72-04634-A03.     

A sufficient condition for strong almost-periodicity of scalarly almost periodic representations of the group of real numbers

We prove the following theorem: If every separable subspace Y of a Banach space X has a separable weak sequential closure in Y ^**, then every scalarly almost periodic group acting in X is strongly almost periodic. Kharkov State Academy of Municipal Economy, Kharkov. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 523–526, April, 1997.     

Estimates of the fractal and hausdorff dimensions of sets invariant under multimappings

We obtain estimates for the Hausdorff and fractal dimensions of setsA ∉X invariant under multimappingsF: X → 2 ^X of a Banach spaceX into the power set ofX. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 217–224, February, 1998.     

Representable Functions on the Unit Ball of a Banach Space

In this paper we treat the problem of integral representation of analytic functions over the unit ball of a complex Banach space X using the theory of abstract Wiener spaces. We define the class of representable functions on the unit ball of X and prove that this set of functions is related with the classes of integral k–homogeneous polynomials, integral holomorphic functions and also with the set of L ^p –representable functions on a Banach space.     

On set-valued cone absolutely summing maps

Spaces of cone absolutely summing maps are generalizations of Bochner spaces L ^p (μ, Y), where (Ω, Σ, μ) is some measure space, 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ and Y is a Banach space. The Hiai-Umegaki space $ \mathcal{L}^1 \left[ {\sum ,cbf(X)} \right] $ \mathcal{L}^1 \left[ {\sum ,cbf(X)} \right] of integrably bounded functions F: Ω → cbf(X), where the latter denotes the set of all convex bounded closed subsets of a separable Banach space X, is a set-valued analogue of L ¹(μ, X). The aim of this work is to introduce set-valued cone absolutely summing maps as a generalization of $ \mathcal{L}^1 \left[ {\sum ,cbf(X)} \right] $ \mathcal{L}^1 \left[ {\sum ,cbf(X)} \right] , and to derive necessary and sufficient conditions for a set-valued map to be such a set-valued cone absolutely summing map. We also describe these set-valued cone absolutely summing maps as those that map order-Pettis integrable functions to integrably bounded set-valued functions.     

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     

Ordered representations of spaces of integrable functions

Let X be a Banach space, (Ω,Σ) a measurable space and let m : Σ → X be a (countably additive) vector measure. Consider the corresponding space of integrable functions L¹(m). In this paper we analyze the set of (countably additive) vector measures n satisfying that L¹(n) = L¹(m). In order to do this we define a (quasi) order relation on this set to obtain under adequate requirements the simplest representation of the space L¹(m) associated to downward directed subsets of the set of all the representations. This research has been partially supported by La Junta de Andalucía. The support of D.G.I. under project MTM2006–11690–C02 (M.E.C. Spain) and FEDER is gratefully acknowledged.     

Dual problems for weak and quasi approximation properties

It is shown that for the separable dual X^∗ of a Banach space X if X^∗ has the weak approximation property, then X has the metric quasi approximation property. Using this it is shown that for the separable dual X^∗ of a Banach space X the quasi approximation property and metric quasi approximation property are inherited from X^∗ to X and for a separable and reflexive Banach space X, X having the weak approximation property, bounded weak approximation property, quasi approximation property, metric weak approximation property, and metric quasi approximation property are equivalent. Also it is shown that the weak approximation property, bounded weak approximation property, and quasi approximation property are not inherited from a Banach space X to X^∗.     

Some approximation properties of Banach spaces and Banach lattices

The notion of the bounded approximation property = BAP (resp. the uniform approximation property = UAP) of a pair [Banach space, its subspace] is used to prove that if X is a ℒ _∞-space, Y a subspace with the BAP (resp. UAP), then the quotient X/Y has the BAP (resp. UAP). If Q: X → Z is a surjection, X is a ℒ ₁-space and Z is a ℒ _p -space (1 ≤ p ≤ ∞), then ker Q has the UAP. A complemented subspace of a weakly sequentially complete Banach lattice has the separable complementation property = SCP. A criterion for a space with GL-l.u.st. to have the SCP is given. Spaces which are quotients of weakly sequentially complete lattices and are uncomplemented in their second duals are studied. Examples are given of spaces with the SCP which have subspaces that fail the SCP. The results are applied to spaces of measures on a compact Abelian group orthogonal to a fixed Sidon set and to Sobolev spaces of functions of bounded variation on ℝ ⁿ .     

Embeddings ofC(Δ) andL 1[0, 1] in Banach lattices

It is proved that ifE is a separable Banach lattice withE′ weakly sequentially complete,F is a Banach space andT:E→F is a bounded linear operator withT′F′ non-separable, then there is a subspaceG ofE, isomorphic toC(Δ), such thatT _G is an isomorphism, whereC(Δ) denotes the space of continuous real valued functions on the Cantor discontinuum. This generalizes an earlier result of the second-named author. A number of conditions are proved equivalent for a Banach latticeE to contain a subspace order isomorphic toC(Δ). Among them are the following:L ¹ is lattice isomorphic to a sublattice ofE′;C(Δ)′ is lattice isomorphic to a sublattice ofE′; E contains an order bounded sequence with no weak Cauchy subsequence;E has a separable closed sublatticeF such thatF′ does not have a weak order unit. The research of both authors was partially supported by the National Science Foundation, NSF Grant No MPS 71-02839 A04.