Property (β) and uniform quotient maps

In 1999, Bates, Johnson, Lindenstrauss, Preiss and Schechtman asked whether a Banach space that is a uniform quotient of ? _p , 1 < p ≠ 2 < ∞, must be isomorphic to a linear quotient of ? _p . We apply the geometric property (β) of Rolewicz to the study of uniform and Lipschitz quotient maps, and answer the above question positively for the case 1 < p < 2. We also give a necessary condition for a Banach space to have c ₀ as a uniform quotient.     

Factorization of operator valued Lp for 0 ≤ p < 1

In [5], it is proved that a bounded linear operator u, from a Banach space Y into an L_p(S, ν) factors through L_p1 (S, ν) for some p₁ > 1, if Y* is of finite cotype; (S, ν) is a probability space for p = 0, and any measure space for 0 < p < 1. In this paper, we generalize this result to uv, where u : Y → L_p(S, ν) and v : X → Y are linear operators such that v* is of finite Ka?in cotype. This result gives also a new proof of Grothendieck's theorem. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Nonlinear structure of some classical quasi-Banach spaces and -spaces

We investigate the Lipschitz structure of ℓ_p and L_p for 0<p<1 as quasi-Banach spaces and as metric spaces (with the metric induced by the p-norm) and show that they are not Lipschitz isomorphic. We prove that the -space L₀ is not uniformly homeomorphic to any other L_p space, that the L_p spaces for 0<p<1 embed isometrically into one another, and reduce the problem of the uniform equivalence amongst L_p spaces to their Lipschitz equivalence as metric spaces.     

An extension of a result of ribe

It is proved that for every 1≦p<∞, 1≦q<∞ and for every sequence {p _n}, 1≦p _n<∞,p _n→p, the spaceX=(Σ⊕l _{p n}) _q (resp.U=(Σ⊕L _{p n}(0, 1)) _q ) is uniformly homeomorphic toX⊕l _p (resp.U⊕L _p(0, 1)). This extends Ribe’s result from the casep=1 to generalp<∞ and thus provides examples of uniformly convex, uniformly homeomorphic Banach spaces which are not Lipschitz equivalent.     

The uniform structure of Banach spaces

We explore the existence of uniformly continuous sections for quotient maps. Using this approach we are able to give a number of new examples in the theory of the uniform structure of Banach spaces. We show for example that there are two non-isomorphic separable ${\mathcal L_1}$ -subspaces of ? ₁ which are uniformly homeomorphic. We also prove the existence of two coarsely homeomorphic Banach spaces (i.e. with Lipschitz isomorphic nets) which are not uniformly homeomorphic (answering a question of Johnson, Lindenstrauss and Schechtman). We construct a closed subspace of L ₁ whose unit ball is not an absolute uniform retract (answering a question of the author).     

Lipschitz Quotients from Metric Trees and from Banach Spaces Containing ?1

If X is any separable Banach space containing l₁, then there is a Lipschitz quotient map from X onto any separable Banach space Y.     

Interpolation of nonlinear operators in weighted <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Subscript>-spaces

We show that Peetre’s classical interpolation theorem in weighted L _p -spaces is carried over to some classes of nonlinear operators containing in particular the Lipschitz operators and operators close to them in the properties satisfying less restrictive conditions than Lipschitz in each of the spaces of a Banach pair.     

On linear selections of convex set-valued maps

We study continuous subadditive set-valued maps taking points of a linear space X to convex compact subsets of a linear space Y. The subadditivity means that φ(x ₁ + x ₂) ⊂ φ(x ₁) + φ(x ₂). We characterize all pairs of locally convex spaces (X, Y) for which any such map has a linear selection, i.e., there exists a linear operator A: X → Y such that Ax ∈ φ(x), x ∈ X. The existence of linear selections for a class of subadditive maps generated by differences of a continuous function is proved. This result is applied to the Lipschitz stability problem for linear operators in Banach spaces.     

Examples of uniformly homeomorphic Banach spaces

We give several examples of separable Banach spaces which are nonisomorphic but uniformly homeomorphic. For example, we show that for every 1 < p ≠ 2 < ∞ there are two uniformly homeomorphic subspaces (respectively, quotients) of ? _p which are not linearly isomorphic; similarly c ₀ has two uniformly homeomorphic subspaces which are not isomorphic. We also give an example of two non-isomorphic separable L _∞-spaces which are coarsely homeomorphic (i.e. have Lipschitz equivalent nets).     

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 .     

Compactness in Vector-valued Banach Function Spaces

We give a new proof of a recent characterization by Diaz and Mayoral of compactness in the Lebesgue-Bochner spaces L_X^p, where X is a Banach space and 1≤ p<∞, and extend the result to vector-valued Banach function spaces E_X, where E is a Banach function space with order continuous norm. The author is supported by the ‘VIDI subsidie’ 639.032.201 in the ‘Vernieuwingsimpuls’ programme of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and by the Research Training Network HPRN-CT-2002-00281.     

Uniform Homeomorphisms of Unit Spheres and Property H of Lebesgue–Bochner Function Spaces

Assume that the unit spheres of Banach spaces X and Y are uniformly homeomorphic.Then we prove that all unit spheres of the Lebesgue–Bochner function spaces L_p(μ, X) and L_q(μ, Y)are mutually uniformly homeomorphic where 1 ≤ p, q ∞. As its application, we show that if a Banach space X has Property H introduced by Kasparov and Yu, then the space L_p(μ, X), 1 ≤ p ∞,also has Property H.     

Uniform embeddings of metric spaces and of banach spaces into hilbert spaces

It is proved using positive definite functions that a normed spaceX is unifomly homeomorphic to a subset of a Hilbert space, if and only ifX is (linearly) isomorphic to a subspace of aL ₀(μ) space (=the space of the measurable functions on a probability space with convergence in probability). As a result we get thatl _p (respectivelyL _p (0, 1)), 2<p<∞, is not uniformly embedded in a bounded subset of itself. This answers negatively the question whether every infinite dimensional Banach space is uniformly homeomorphic to a bounded subset of itself. Positive definite functions are also used to characterize geometrical properties of Banach spaces. Partially supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant MCS-79-03322. Partially supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant MCS-80-06073.     

Universal non-compact operators between super-reflexive Banach spaces and the existence of a complemented copy of Hilbert space

Suppose that 1<p≦2, 2≦q<∞. The formal identity operatorI:l _p→l _qfactorizes through any given non-compact operator from ap-smooth Banach space into aq-convex Banach space. It follows that ifX is a 2-convex space andY is an infinite dimensional subspace ofX which is isomorphic to a Hilbert space, thenY contains an isomorphic copy ofl ₂ which is complemented inX.     

Operator martingale decompositions and the Radon-Nikodým property in Banach spaces

We consider submartingales and uniform amarts of maps acting between a Banach lattice and a Banach lattice or a Banach space. In this measure-free setting of martingale theory, it is known that a Banach space Y has the Radon-Nikodým property if and only if every uniformly norm bounded martingale defined on the Chaney-Schaefer l-tensor product , where E is a suitable Banach lattice, is norm convergent. We present applications of this result. Firstly, an analogues characterization for Banach lattices Y with the Radon-Nikodým property is given in terms of a suitable set of submartingales (supermartingales) on . Secondly, we derive a Riesz decomposition for uniform amarts of maps acting between a Banach lattice and a Banach space. This result is used to characterize Banach spaces with the Radon-Nikodým property in terms of uniformly norm bounded uniform amarts of maps that are norm convergent. In the case 1<p<∞, our results yield Lp(μ,Y)-space analogues of some of the well-known results on uniform amarts in L¹(μ,Y)-spaces.     

On approximation methods for the solution of one dimensional singular integral equations

In the present paper we give a survey on some new result obtained in the last few years in the theory of approximation methods for one dimensional singular equations (among others to the methods of collocation and of mechanical quadratures). Conditions for convergence and stability of these methods in the spaces L ^p (1<p<∞) and H ^α (=Lip_α)(0<α<1) are formulated and their rate of convergence is determined. simultaneously here for the first time the necessitgy of the conditions for the convergence of the methods mentioned above is investigated. In the first section a general and uniform methods for the treatment of projection methods for linear operator equations in Banach spaces in presented. The Core of this methods with unbounded projectors which is closely connected with a far-reaching generalization of the stability concept of S.G. Mikhlin.     

Operator Ranges in Banach Spaces,I

Let X be a Banach space. A subspace L of X is called an operator range if there exists a continuous linear operator T defined on some Banach space Y and such that TY = L. If Y = X then L is called an endomorphism range. The paper investigates operator ranges under the following perspectives: (1) Existence (Section 3), (2) Inclusion (Section 4), and (3) Decomposition (Section 5). Section 3 considers the existence in X of operator ranges satisfying certain conditions. The main result is the following: if X and Fare separable Banach spaces and T : Y → X is a continuous operator with nonclosed range, then there exists a nuclear operator R:Y→X such that T + R is injective and has nonclosed dense range (Theorem 3.2). Section 4 seeks to determine conditions under which every nonclosed operator range in a Banach space is contained in the range of some injective endomorphism with nonclosed dense range. Theorem 4.3 contains a sufficient condition for this. Examples of spaces satisfying this condition are c₀, l_p (1 < p < ∞), L_q (1 < q < 2) and their quotients. In particular, this answers a question posed by W. E. Longstaff and P. Rosenthal (Integral Equations and Operator Theory 9 , (1986), 820-830. Section 5 discusses the possibility of representing a given dense nonclosed operator range as the sum of a pair L_1, L₂ of operator ranges with zero intersection in the cases where (a) L₁ and L₂ are dense, (b) L₁ and L₂ are closed. The results generalize corresponding results, for endomorphisms in Hilbert space, of J. Dixmier (Bull. Soc. Math. France 77 (1949), 11-101 and P. A. Fillmore and J. P. Williams (Adv. Math. 7 (1971), 254-281. A final section is devoted to open problems.