Random strict convexity and random uniform convexity in random normed modules

Based on the analysis of stratification structure on random normed modules, we first present random strict convexity and random uniform convexity in random normed modules. Then, we establish their respective relations to classical strict and uniform convexity: in the process some known important results concerning strict convexity and uniform convexity of Lebesgue-Bochner function spaces can be obtained as a special case of our results. Further, we also give their important applications to the theory of random conjugate spaces as well as best approximation. Finally, we conclude this paper with some remarks showing that the study of geometry of random normed modules will also motivate the further study of geometry of probabilistic normed spaces.     

Nearly strict convexity in Musielak-Orlicz-Bochner function spaces

Criteria for nearly strict convexity of Musielak-Orlicz-Bochner function spaces equipped with the Luxemburg norm are given. We also prove that, in Musielak-Orlicz-Bochner function spaces generated by strictly convex Banach space, nearly strict convexity and strict convexity are equivalent.     

Two observations regarding embedding subsets of Euclidean spaces in normed spaces

This paper contains two results concerning linear embeddings of subsets of Euclidean space in low-dimensional normed spaces. The first is an improvement of the known dependence on ? in Dvoretzky's theorem from order of ?² to order of ? (except for log factors). The second is a joint generalization of (Milman's version of) Dvoretzky's theorem and (a recent generalization by Klartag and Mendelson of) the Johnson-Lindenstrauss Lemma.     

Complex extreme points and complex convexity in Orlicz-Bochner function spaces

It is well known that extreme points which are connected with strict convexity of the whole spaces, are the most basic and important geometric points in geometric theory of Banach spaces. In this paper, criteria for complex extreme points, complex strict convexity and complex uniform convexity in Orlicz-Bochner function spaces are given.     

Mappings approximately preserving orthogonality in normed spaces

We answer many open questions regarding approximately orthogonality preserving mappings (in Birkhoff-James sense) in normed spaces. In particular, we show that every approximately orthogonality preserving linear mapping (in Chmieliński sense) is necessarily a scalar multiple of an ε-isometry. Thus, whenever ε-isometries are close to isometries we obtain stability. An example is given showing that approximately orthogonality preserving mappings are in general far from scalar multiples of isometries, that is, stability does not hold.     

The Goldstine Theorem for asymmetric normed linear spaces

It is well known that if (X,q) is an asymmetric normed linear space, then the function qs defined on X by qs(x)=max{q(x),q(−x)}, is a norm on the linear space X. However, the lack of symmetry in the definition of the asymmetric norm q yields an algebraic asymmetry in the dual space of (X,q). This fact establishes a significant difference with the standard results on duality that hold in the case of locally convex spaces. In this paper we study some aspects of a reflexivity theory in the setting of asymmetric normed linear spaces. In particular, we obtain a version of the Goldstine Theorem to these spaces which is applied to prove, among other results, a characterization of reflexive asymmetric normed linear spaces.     

Compactness in asymmetric normed spaces

A systematic study of precompact and compact subsets on asymmetric normed linear spaces is developed, centering our attention in the case of linear lattices with an asymmetric norm.     

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.      

Some fundamental properties for duals of Orlicz spaces

In this paper some basic properties of Orlicz spaces are extended to their dual spaces, and finally, criteria for extreme points in these spaces are given.     

Weakly compact operators on non-complete normed spaces

We prove that weakly compact operators on a non-reflexive normed space cannot be bijective. We also show that, in the above result, bijectivity cannot be relaxed to surjectivity. Finally, we study the behaviour of surjective weakly compact operators on a non-reflexive normed space, when they are perturbed by small scalar multiples of the identity, and derive from this study the recent result of Spurný [A note on compact operators on normed linear spaces, Expo. Math. 25 (2007) 261–263] that compact operators on an infinite-dimensional normed space cannot be surjective.     

Approximate convexity of average sums of sets in normed linear spaces

This note gives a sufficient condition under which the average sum of a large but finite number of sets in an arbitrary normed linear space is approximately convex. The result can be deduced as a simple corollary of an analogous result for a nonstandard universe. The latter has independent interest.     

Nonsurjective nearisometries of Banach spaces

We obtain sharp approximation results for into nearisometries between L^p spaces and nearisometries into a Hilbert space. Our main theorem is the optimal approximation result for nearsurjective nearisometries between general Banach spaces.