Universal WCG banach spaces and universal Eberlein Compacts

We prove that for cardinalsτ satisfying τ^ω=τ and forτ=ω ₁, there do not exist universal Eberlein Compacts of weightτ, or universal WCG spaces of density characterτ. Ifτ is a strong limit cardinal of countable cofinality such universal spaces do exist. Thus under GCH universal spaces exist forτ iff cof(τ)=ω. The research of the second author was supported by a grant from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation and the Fund for the Promotion of Research at the Technion.     

A characterization of nonreflexive banach spaces

D. P. Mil'man and V. D. Mil'man considered sequences of decreasing nonempty closed bounded convex sets with empty intersection to obtain characteristics of non-reflexivity. They showed that in every nonreflexive space there is such a sequence which is ω-separated. We show that in every nonreflexive space there is also always such a sequence which is not ω-separated     

A characterization of square banach spaces

Square Banach spaces are characterized among real Banach spaces in terms of the Alfsen-Effros structure topology on the extreme points of the dual ball. As a corollary, one has that the class of separable square spaces coincides with the class of separableG-spaces. It is also shown that for aG-space (hence for a square space) regularity of the quotient structure topology is equivalent to complete regularity, and that square spaces exist for which this topology is not regular. Part of this paper is from the author’s Ph.D. thesis prepared at Bryn Mawr College under the direction of Professor Frederic Cunningham, Jr., whose valuable guidance is greatly appreciated by the author.     

Embedding unconditional stable banach spaces into symmetric stable banach spaces

In this paper we prove the following result which solves a question raised by A. Pelczynski: “Every stable Banach space with an unconditional basis is isomorphic to a complemented subspace of some stable Banach space with a symmetric basis.” Moreover, we show that all the interpolation spacesl ^p ,l ^q _θ,X,1 1≦p, q<∞ andX stable, are stable.     

Examples concerning heredity problems of WCG Banach spaces

We present two examples of WCG spaces that are not hereditarily WCG. The first is a space with an unconditional basis, and the second is a space such that is WCG and does not contain . The non-WCG subspace of has the additional property that is not WCG and is reflexive.

     

Smooth partitions of unity in preduals of WCG spaces

This paper is based on part of the author's Ph.D. thesis written under the supervision of Professor V. Zizler and has been supported in part by a Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship     

Normal structure of banach spaces

GOSSEZ and LAMI DOZO have obtained a sufficient condition for a Banach space with a Schauder basis to have normal structure. This paper generalizes their theorem to obtain a sufficient condition for an arbitrary Banach space to have normal structure. An example is given to show an application of the theorem.Research supported by a Faculty Research Grant of the College of William and Mary.     

Interpolation of several banach spaces

Summary Peetre's K- and J-methods for interpolation are extended to the situation of more than two spaces. The theory developed is applied to interpolation of L_p-spaces with weights and to spaces of Besov and Sobolev type. Entrata in Redazione il 5 luglio 1972.     

A general metric regularity in asplund banach spaces

This paper establishes a simple and easily-applied criterion for determining whether a multivalued mapping is metrically regular relatively to a subset in the range space.     

On banach spaces whose duals areL 1 spaces

A structure theorem for Banach spaces whose duals areL ₁ spaces, is proved. The research of the second named author has been sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant AF EOAR 66-18 through the European Office of Aerospace Research (OAR) United States Air Force.     

A continuity criterion for metric projections in banach spaces

The paper provides the complete characteristics of the class of reflexive strictly convex spaces in which the metric projections on each convex closed set are continuous.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 459–468, October, 1971.The author wishes to thank S. B. Stechkin for useful comments.     

Further properties of Azimi-Hagler banach spaces

For the Azimi-Hagler spaces more geometric and topological properties are investigated. Any constructed space is denoted by X _α,p . We show

Onp-absolutely summing constants of banach spaces

Given 1≦p<∞ and a real Banach spaceX, we define thep-absolutely summing constantμ _p(X) as inf{Σ _i ^=1/m |x*(x _i)|^p p Σ _i ^=1/m ‖x _i‖^p p]¹ p}, where the supremum ranges over {x*∈X*; ‖x*‖≤1} and the infimum is taken over all sets {x ₁,x ₂, …,x _m} ⊂X such that Σ _i ^=1/m ‖x _i‖>0. It follows immediately from [2] thatμ _p(X)>0 if and only ifX is finite dimensional. In this paper we find the exact values ofμ _p(X) for various spaces, and obtain some asymptotic estimates ofμ _p(X) for general finite dimensional Banach spaces. This is a part of the author’s Ph.D. Thesis prepared at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, under the supervision of Prof. A. Dvoretzky and Prof. J. Lindenstrauss.     

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.     

Newton's method in generalized banach spaces

A Kantorowitsch-analysis of Newton's method in generalized Banach spaces is given. The application of generalized norms – mappings from a linear space into a partially ordered Banach space - improves convergence results and error estimatescompared with the real norm theory.     

The preparation theorem on banach spaces

We give a generalization, for smooth Fredholm maps between Banach spaces, of the Preparation Theorem known in finite dimension. As an application we obtain the Prepared Form Theorem which is a basic tool in singularity theory.