Existence of separable uniformly homeomorphic nonisomorphic Banach spaces

An example is given proving that there exist two separable Banach spaces which are uniformly homeomorphic but not isomorphic.     

Nearly uniformly noncreasy Banach spaces

We introduce and study the class of nearly uniformly noncreasy Banach spaces. It is proved that they have the weak fixed point property. A stability result for this property is obtained.     

Littlewood-Paley inequalities in uniformly convex and uniformly smooth Banach spaces

It is proved that the inequality δX(ε)?cεp, p?2, where δX is the modulus of convexity of X, is sufficient and necessary for the inequality

     

Banach spaces which are somewhat uniformly noncreasy

We consider a family of spaces wider than r-UNC spaces and we give some fixed point results in the setting of these spaces.     

Uniformly smooth renormings of uniformly convex Banach spaces

In this note we study the quantitative side of the famous Enflo-Pisier theorem on the possibility of equivalent uniformly smooth renormings of superreflexive Banach spaces (in particular, uniformly convex and uniformly nonsquare ones). Typical re result: let the modulus of convexity of the space X, which has a locally unconditional structure, satisfy the condition _x() C·^p. Then the space X admits an equivalent q-smooth renorming for any q, satisfying the inequality q<1n 2/1n (2× (1–C·2^–p/2)).Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 135, pp. 120–134, 1984.     

Continuity of metric projections in uniformly convex and uniformly smooth Banach spaces

The continuity of the metric projection onto an approximatively compact set in a uniformly convex and uniformly smooth Banach space is investigated. An explicit modulus of continuity for the metric projection which depends on the directional radius of curvature at a certain point of the set is obtained. The results generalize and improve those obtained by B. O. Björnest l.     

On embedding trees into uniformly convex Banach spaces

We investigate the minimum value ofD =D(n) such that anyn-point tree metric space (T, ρ) can beD-embedded into a given Banach space (X, ∥·∥); that is, there exists a mappingf :T →X with 1/D ρ(x,y) ≤ ∥f(x) −f(y)∥ ≤ρ(x,y) for anyx,y εT. Bourgain showed thatD(n) grows to infinity for any superreflexiveX (and this characterized super-reflexivity), and forX =ℓ _p, 1 <p < ∞, he proved a quantitative lower bound of const·(log logn)^min(1/2,1/p). We give another, completely elementary proof of this lower bound, and we prove that it is tight (up to the value of the constant). In particular, we show that anyn-point tree metric space can beD-embedded into a Euclidean space, with no restriction on the dimension, withD =O(√log logn). This paper contains results from my thesis [Mat89] from 1989. Since the subject of bi-Lipschitz embeddings is becoming increasingly popular, in 1997 I finally decided to publish this English version. Supported by Czech Republic Grant GAČR 0194 and by Charles University grants No. 193, 194.     

Locally uniformly rotund points in convex-transitive Banach spaces

Almost transitive superreflexive Banach spaces have been considered in [C. Finet, Uniform convexity properties of norms on superreflexive Banach spaces, Israel J. Math. 53 (1986) 81–92], where it is shown that they are uniformly convex and uniformly smooth. We characterize such spaces as those convex transitive Banach spaces satisfying conditions much weaker than that of uniform convexity (for example, that of having a weakly locally uniformly rotund point). We note that, in general, the property of convex transitivity for a Banach space is weaker than that of almost transitivity.     

A numerical range characterization of uniformly smooth Banach spaces

We prove that a Banach space is uniformly smooth if and only if, for every -valued bounded function on the unit sphere of , the intrinsic numerical range of is equal to the closed convex hull of the spatial numerical range of .

     

Remarks on coarse embeddings of metric spaces into uniformly convex Banach spaces

We study the support and convergence conditions for a metric space to be coarsely embeddable into a uniformly convex Banach space. By using ultraproducts we also show that the coarse embeddability of a metric space into a uniformly convex Banach space is determined by its finite subspaces.     

Farthest points in reflexive locally uniformly rotund Banach spaces

IfS is a bounded and closed subset of a Banach spaceB, which is both reflexive and locally uniformly rotund, then, except on a set of first Baire category, the points inB have farthest points inS.     

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.

     

Densely two-valued metric projections in uniformly convex Banach spaces

For every uniformly convex Banach spaceX with dimX2 there is a residual setU in the Hausdorff metric spaceB(X) of bounded and closed sets inX such that the metric projection generated by a set fromU is two-valued and upper semicontinuous on a dense and everywhere continual subset ofX. For any two closed and separated subsetsM ₁ andM ₂ ofX the points on the equidistant hypersurface which have best approximations both inM ₁ andM ₂ form a dense G set in the induced topology.The author is partially supported by the National Fund for Scientific Research at the Bulgarian Ministry of Science and Education under contract MM 408/94.     

Locally uniformly convex norms in Banach spaces and their duals

It is shown that a Banach space with locally uniformly convex dual admits an equivalent norm that is itself locally uniformly convex.     

Some non-uniformly homeomorphic spaces

in this paper we prove that for 0<p, q≤1 the real F-spacesL _q[0, 1] and ℓ _p are not uniformly homeomorphic. The particular casep=q=1 is due to Enflo and our work is motivated by his. Partially supported by NSF grant #DMS-9104040. The author would like to dedicate this paper to Nancy and Bernie Weston on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary.