Subspaces of Hilbert-generated Banach spaces and the quantification of super weak compactness

We introduce a measure of super weak noncompactness Γ defined for bounded subsets and bounded linear operators in Banach spaces that allows to state and prove a characterization of the Banach spaces which are subspaces of a Hilbert-generated space. The use of super weak compactness and Γ casts light on the structure of these Banach spaces and complements the work of Argyros, Fabian, Farmaki, Godefroy, Hájek, Montesinos, Troyanski and Zizler on this subject. A particular kind of relatively super weakly compact sets, namely uniformly weakly null sets, plays an important role and exhibits connections with Banach-Saks type properties.     

Excesses, duality gaps and weak compactness

We explore the connection between the concepts ``excess' and ``duality gap' from epigraphical analysis and optimization, and the functional analytic concepts of weak* and weak compactness. We also discuss briefly the connection with R. C. James's ``sup theorem'.

     

From countable compactness to absolute countable compactness

We show that every countably compact space which is monotonically normal, almost 2-fully normal, radial , or with countable spread is absolutely countably compact. For the first two mentioned properties, we prove more general results not requiring countable compactness. We also prove that every monotonically normal, orthocompact space is finitely fully normal.

     

On the weak compactness in Banach lattices

The Grothendieck's criterion of weak compactness in spaceC(S) has been extended by C.P.Niculescu for weakly sequentially complete Banach lattices. This paper first provides some sufficient and necessary conditions for weakly sequentially complete Banach lattices, with the result that the criterion C.P.Niculescu obtained of the weak compactness has actually characterized the weakly sequentially Banach lattices. At the same time we extend C.P.Niculescu's important results. Then we solve negatively Problem 1.11 which was posed by C.P.Niculescu, and a sufficient condition for this is given which generalizes Pelczyński's result.     

A weak Grothendieck compactness principle

The Grothendieck compactness principle states that every norm compact subset of a Banach space is contained in the closed convex hull of a norm null sequence. In this article, an analogue of the Grothendieck compactness principle is considered when the norm topology of a Banach space is replaced by its weak topology. It is shown that every weakly compact subset of a Banach space is contained in the closed convex hull of a weakly null sequence if and only if the Banach space has the Schur property.     

Calculus of sequential normal compactness in variational analysis

In this paper we study some properties of sets, set-valued mappings, and extended-real-valued functions unified under the name of “sequential normal compactness.” These properties automatically hold in finite-dimensional spaces, while they play a major role in infinite-dimensional variational analysis. In particular, they are essential for calculus rules involving generalized differential constructions, for stability and metric regularity results and their broad applications, for necessary optimality conditions in constrained optimization and optimal control, etc. This paper contains principal results ensuring the preservation of sequential normal compactness properties under various operations over sets, set-valued mappings, and functions.     

On one condition of weak compactness of a family of measure-valued processes

We present a criterion for the weak compactness of continuous measure-valued processes in terms of the weak compactness of families of certain space integrals of these processes.Translated from Ukrainskyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 56, No. 7, pp. 885–891, July, 2004.     

A weak Grothendieck compactness principle for Banach spaces with a symmetric basis

The Grothendieck compactness principle states that every norm compact subset of a Banach space is contained in the closed convex hull of a norm null sequence. In Dowling et al. (J Funct Anal 263(5):1378–1381, 2012), an analogue of the Grothendieck compactness principle for the weak topology was used to characterize Banach spaces with the Schur property. Using a different analogue of the Grothendieck compactness principle for the weak topology, a characterization of the Banach spaces with a symmetric basis that are not isomorphic to $\ell ^1$ and do not contain a subspace isomorphic to $c_0$ is given. As a corollary, it is shown that, in the Lorentz space $d(w,1)$ , every weakly compact set is contained in the closed convex hull of the rearrangement invariant hull of a norm null sequence.     

Weak compactness in

We characterize weak compactness and weak conditional compactness of subsets of in terms of regular methods of summability. We also study when these results still hold using only convergence in the sense of Cesàro.

     

A weak form of interpolation in equational logic

The notions of a weak interpolation property and of weak amalgamation are introduced. It is proved that in varieties with the congruence extension property, the weak interpolation property is equivalent to the weak amalgamation property. In turn, weak amalgamability of a variety is equivalent to amalgamability of a class of finitely generated simple algebras in this variety. Supported by RFBR (grant Nos. 06-01-00358 and 05-01-04003-NNIOa) and by INTAS (grant No. 04-77-7080). __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 94–107, January–February, 2008.     

A Grothendieck compactness principle for the Mackey dual topology

Grothendieck [6] proved that every norm compact subset of a Banach space is contained in the closed convex hull of a norm null sequence. In a recent paper [3], an analogous result for weak compactness in a Banach space is shown to be equivalent to the Schur property. In this article, we obtain a similar type result in the Mackey dual of a Banach space. A related result for weak^? compactness is also obtained.     

On a class of weak Landsberg metrics

In this paper, we discuss a class of Finsler metrics defined by a Riemannian metric and a 1-form on a manifold. We characterize weak Landsberg metrics in this class and show that there exist weak Landsberg metrics which are not Landsberg metrics in dimension greater than two.     

Boundaries for Banach spaces determine weak compactness

A boundary for a real Banach space is a subset of the dual unit sphere with the property that each element of the Banach space attains its norm on an element of that subset. Trivially, the pointwise convergence with respect to such a boundary is coarser than the weak topology on the Banach space. The boundary problem asks whether nevertheless both topologies have the same norm bounded compact sets.The main theorem of this paper states the equivalence of countable and sequential compactness of norm bounded sets with respect to an appropriate topology. This result contains, as a special case, the positive answer to the boundary problem and it carries James’ sup-characterization as a corollary.     

Between compactness and completeness

Call a sequence in a metric space cofinally Cauchy if for each positive ε there exists a cofinal (rather than residual) set of indices whose corresponding terms are ε-close. We give a number of new characterizations of metric spaces for which each cofinally Cauchy sequence has a cluster point. For example, a space has such a metric if and only each continuous function defined on it is uniformly locally bounded. A number of results exploit a measure of local compactness functional that we introduce. We conclude with a short proof of Romaguera's Theorem: a metrizable space admits such a metric if and only if its set of points having a compact neighborhood has compact complement.     

A coercive James’s weak compactness theorem and nonlinear variational problems

We discuss a perturbed version of James’s sup theorem for weak compactness that not only properly generalizes that classical statement, but also some recent extensions of this central result: the sublevel sets of an extended real valued and coercive function whose subdifferential is surjective are relatively weakly compact. Furthermore, we apply it to generalize and unify some facts in mathematical finance and to prove that the unique possible framework in the development of an existence theory for a wide class of nonlinear variational problems is the reflexive one.     

Chaos induced by weak A-coupled-expansion of non-autonomous discrete dynamical systems

This paper focuses on chaos induced by weak A-coupled-expansion of non-autonomous discrete systems in compact subsets of metric spaces and in bounded and closed subsets of complete metric spaces, separately. A new concept of weak A-coupled-expansion for non-autonomous discrete systems, whose condition is weaker than that of A-coupled-expansion, is introduced, and several new criteria of chaos induced by weak A-coupled-expansion of non-autonomous discrete systems are established. By applying some close relationships between chaotic dynamical behaviours of the original system and its induced systems, two criteria of chaos are established. One example is provided for illustration.     

Strong connections and invertible weak entwining structures

In this paper we obtain a criterion under which the bijectivity of the canonical morphism of a weak Galois extension associated to a weak invertible entwining structure is equivalent to the existence of a strong connection form. Also we obtain an explicit formula for a strong connection under equivariant projective conditions or under coseparability conditions.     

Relative weak compactness of orbits in Banach spaces associated with locally compact groups

We study analogues of weak almost periodicity in Banach spaces on locally compact groups.

i) If is a continous measure on the locally compact abelian group and , then is not relatively weakly compact.

ii) If is a discrete abelian group and , then is not relatively weakly compact if has non-empty interior. That result will follow from an existence theorem for -sets, as follows.

iii) Every infinite subset of a discrete abelian group contains an infinite -set such that for every neighbourhood of the identity of the interpolation (except at a finite subset depending on ) can be done using at most 4 point masses.

iv) A new proof that for abelian groups is given that identifies the weak limits of translates of Fourier-Stieltjes transforms.

v) Analogous results for , , and are given.

vi) Semigroup compactifications of groups are studied, both abelian and non-abelian: the weak* closure of in , for abelian ; and when is a continuous homomorphism of the locally compact group into the unitary elements of a von Neumann algebra , the weak* closure of is studied.

     

Super weak compactness and uniform Eberlein compacta

We prove that a topological space is uniform Eberlein compact iff it is homeomorphic to a super weakly compact subset C of a Banach space such that the closed convex hull coC of C is super weakly compact. We also show that a Banach space X is super weakly compactly generated iff the dual unit ball B_X* of X^* in its weak star topology is affinely homeomorphic to a super weakly compactly convex subset of a Banach space.     

Generalized sequential normal compactness in Asplund spaces

Sequential normal compactness conditions are important properties in infinite-dimensional variational analysis and its applications. Following the recent study of the generalized sequential normal compactness (GSNC), this paper This paper reveals further applications of GSNC to the generalized differentiation theory in Asplund spaces, as well as the calculus of GSNC itself.