On compact connected sets in Banach spaces

Let be a separable strictly convex Banach space of dimension at least 2. It is shown that there exists a nonempty compact connected set such that the nearest point mapping is not single valued on a set of points dense in . Furthermore, it is proved that most (in the sense of the Baire category) nonempty compact connected sets have the above property. Similar results hold for the furthest point mapping.

     

Banach spaces in which weakly p -Dunford–Pettis sets are relatively compact

In this paper we introduce p-Dunford–Pettis completely continuous operators and study Banach spaces with the wp-Dunford–Pettis relative compact property (wp-DPrcP). We study the behaviour of p-Dunford–Pettis completely operators on spaces with this property. We give sufficient conditions for spaces of operators to have the wp-DPrcP.     

Determinacy and weakly Ramsey sets in Banach spaces

We give a sufficient condition for a set of block subspaces in an infinite-dimensional Banach space to be weakly Ramsey. Using this condition we prove that in the Levy-collapse of a Mahlo cardinal, every projective set is weakly Ramsey. This, together with a construction of W. H. Woodin, is used to show that the Axiom of Projective Determinacy implies that every projective set is weakly Ramsey. In the case of we prove similar results for a stronger Ramsey property. And for hereditarily indecomposable spaces we show that the Axiom of Determinacy plus the Axiom of Dependent Choices imply that every set is weakly Ramsey. These results are the generalizations to the class of projective sets of some theorems from W. T. Gowers, and our paper ``Weakly Ramsey sets in Banach spaces.'

     

On uniform convexity of Banach spaces

This paper gives some relations and properties of several kinds of generalized convexity in Banach spaces. As a result, it proves that every kind of uniform convexity implies the Banach-Sakes property, and several notions of uniform convexity in literature are actually equivalent.     

关于Banach空间的强凸性

本文讨论强凸性、Ｌ－ｋＲ，ＬωＲ和（Ｇ）性质之间的关系，指出强凸性介于ＬωＲ和（Ｇ）性质之间，证明光滑的有（Ｇ）性质的Ｂａｎａｃｈ空间是强凸的，此外指出存在一个Ｂａｎａｃｈ空间Ｘ，它是ＬωＲ但对任意自然数ｋ，Ｘ不是Ｌ－ｋＲ．     

The integral convexity of sets and functionals in Banach spaces

By way of the Bochner integral of vector-valued functions, the integral convexity of sets and functionals and the concept of integral extreme points of sets are introduced in Banach spaces. The relations between integral convexity and convexity are mainly discussed, two integral extreme points theorems and their applications are obtained at last.     

A holomorphic characterization of compact sets in Banach spaces

An extension of Lempert’s result about non approximability by entire functions of analytic functions on some open subsets of ?_∞ is obtained for Banach spaces having a bounding non relatively compact set.We also prove that subsets A that are bounding for analytic functions defined in any of its neighborhoodswhose boundary lies at positive distance from A are relatively compact.     

Banach spaces in which Dunford-Pettis sets are relatively compact

Work performed under the auspices of G.N.A.F.A. of C.N.R. and partially supported by M.U.R.S.T. of Italy (40%)     

On weakly null FDD'S in Banach spaces

In this paper we show that every sequence (F _n ) of finite dimensional subspaces of a real or complex Banach space with increasing dimensions can be “refined” to yield an F.D.D. (G _n ), still having increasing dimensions, so that either every bounded sequence (x _n ), withx _n ∈G _n forn∈ℕ, is weakly null, or every normalized sequence (x _n ),withx _n ∈G _n forn∈ℕ, is equivalent to the unit vector basis of ℓ₁. Crucial to the proof are two stabilization results concerning Lipschitz functions on finite dimensional normed spaces. These results also lead to other applications. We show, for example, that every infinite dimensional Banach spaceX contains an F.D.D. (F _n ),with lim _n→∞dim(F _n )=∞, so that all normalized sequences (x _n ),withx _n ∈F _n ,n∈∕, have the same spreading model overX. This spreading model must necessarily be 1-unconditional overX. Research partially supported by NSF DMS-8903197, DMS-9208482, and TARP 235. Research partially supported by NSF.     

On some criteria of convexity for compact sets

We establish some criteria of convexity for compact sets in the Euclidean space. Analogs of these results are extended to complex and hypercomplex cases.     

The number of weakly compact sets which generate a Banach space

We consider the cardinal invariant CG(X) of the minimal number of weakly compact subsets which generate a Banach space X. We study the behavior of this index when passing to subspaces, its relation with the Lindelöf number in the weak topology and other related questions.     

The level sets of the resolvent norm and convexity properties of Banach spaces

We construct a bounded linear operator on a separable, reflexive and strictly convex Banach space with the resolvent norm that is constant in a neighbourhood of zero.      

Ideals of homogeneous polynomials and weakly compact approximation property in Banach spaces

We show that a Banach space E has the weakly compact approximation property if and only if each continuous Banach-valued polynomial on E can be uniformly approximated on compact sets by homogeneous polynomials which are members of the ideal of homogeneous polynomials generated by weakly compact linear operators. An analogous result is established also for the compact approximation property.     

Criteria for convexity in Banach spaces

In this paper two convexity criteria are proven. The first one characterizes compact convex sets in a locally convex space and extends a previous result by G. Aumann, while the second one characterizes closed bounded convex sets with the Radon-Nikodým property in a Banach space.

     

On local convexity of nonlinear mappings between Banach spaces

We find conditions for a smooth nonlinear map f: U → V between open subsets of Hilbert or Banach spaces to be locally convex in the sense that for some c and each positive ? < c the image f(B _?(x)) of each ?-ball B _?(x) ? U is convex. We give a lower bound on c via the second order Lipschitz constant Lip₂(f), the Lipschitz-open constant Lip_o(f) of f, and the 2-convexity number conv₂(X) of the Banach space X.