Ergodic Banach spaces

We show that any Banach space contains a continuum of non-isomorphic subspaces or a minimal subspace. We define an ergodic Banach space X as a space such that E₀ Borel reduces to isomorphism on the set of subspaces of X, and show that every Banach space is either ergodic or contains a subspace with an unconditional basis which is complementably universal for the family of its block-subspaces. We also use our methods to get uniformity results. We show that an unconditional basis of a Banach space, of which every block-subspace is complemented, must be asymptotically c₀ or ?_p, and we deduce some new characterisations of the classical spaces c₀ and ?_p.     

Even infinite-dimensional real Banach spaces

This article is a continuation of a paper of the first author [V. Ferenczi, Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces, Adv. Math. 213 (1) (2007) 462–488] about complex structures on real Banach spaces. We define a notion of even infinite-dimensional real Banach space, and prove that there exist even spaces, including HI or unconditional examples from [V. Ferenczi, Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces, Adv. Math. 213 (1) (2007) 462–488] and C(K) examples due to Plebanek [G. Plebanek, A construction of a Banach space C(K) with few operators, Topology Appl. 143 (2004) 217–239]. We extend results of [V. Ferenczi, Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces, Adv. Math. 213 (1) (2007) 462–488] relating the set of complex structures up to isomorphism on a real space to a group associated to inessential operators on that space, and give characterizations of even spaces in terms of this group. We also generalize results of [V. Ferenczi, Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces, Adv. Math. 213 (1) (2007) 462–488] about totally incomparable complex structures to essentially incomparable complex structures, while showing that the complex version of a space defined by S. Argyros and A. Manoussakis [S. Argyros, A. Manoussakis, An indecomposable and unconditionally saturated Banach space, Studia Math. 159 (1) (2003) 1–32] provides examples of essentially incomparable complex structures which are not totally incomparable.     

Polynomials and identities on real Banach spaces

We study the duality theory for real polynomials and functions on Banach spaces. Our approach leads to a unified treatment and generalization of some classical results on linear identities and polynomial characterizations due to Fréchet, Mazur, Orlicz, Reznick, Wilson, and others.     

On a class of real Banach spaces

The structure theory for simplex spaces is extended to arbitrary real Banach spaces with L¹-duals. This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation.     

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 .     

Ergodic properties of operators in some semi-Hilbertian spaces

This article deals with linear operators T on a complex Hilbert space ?, which are bounded with respect to the seminorm induced by a positive operator A on ?. The A-adjoint and A ^1/2-adjoint of T are considered to obtain some ergodic conditions for T with respect to A. These operators are also employed to investigate the class of orthogonally mean ergodic operators as well as that of A-power bounded operators. Some classes of orthogonally mean ergodic or A-ergodic operators, which come from the theory of generalized Toeplitz operators are considered. In particular, we give an example of an A-ergodic operator (with an injective A) which is not Cesàro ergodic, such that T ^?* is not a quasiaffine transform of an orthogonally mean ergodic operator.     

Uniqueness of complex structure and real hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces

There exists a real hereditarily indecomposable Banach space X=X(C) (respectively X=X(H)) such that the algebra L(X)/S(X) is isomorphic to C (respectively to the quaternionic division algebra H).Up to isomorphism, X(C) has exactly two complex structures, which are conjugate, totally incomparable, and both hereditarily indecomposable. So there exist two Banach spaces which are isometric as real spaces but totally incomparable as complex spaces. This extends results of J. Bourgain and S. Szarek [J. Bourgain, Real isomorphic complex Banach spaces need not be complex isomorphic, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 96 (2) (1986) 221-226; S. Szarek, On the existence and uniqueness of complex structure and spaces with “few” operators, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 293 (1) (1986) 339-353; S. Szarek, A superreflexive Banach space which does not admit complex structure, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 (3) (1986) 437-444], and proves that a theorem of G. Godefroy and N.J. Kalton [G. Godefroy, N.J. Kalton, Lipschitz-free Banach spaces, Studia Math. 159 (1) (2003) 121-141] about isometric embeddings of separable real Banach spaces does not extend to the complex case.The quaternionic example X(H), on the other hand, has unique complex structure up to isomorphism; other examples with a unique complex structure are produced, including a space with an unconditional basis and non-isomorphic to l₂. This answers a question of S. Szarek in [S. Szarek, A superreflexive Banach space which does not admit complex structure, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 (3) (1986) 437-444].     

Spectral theory of linear relations on real Banach spaces

We consider the relationship between the spectral properties of linear relations (multivalued linear operators) on real Banach spaces and their complexifications.     

New geometric properties of Banach spaces

In this paper, we introduce new geometric properties as generalizations of p‐uniform smoothness and q‐uniform convexity of Banach spaces. Furthermore, using generalized Beckner's inequality, we characterize the properties in terms of norm inequalities. As an application, we consider the duality relation.     

Random ergodic theorems and real cocycles

We study mean convergence of ergodic averages associated to a measure-preserving transformation or flow τ along the random sequence of times κ _n (ω) given by the Birkhoff sums of a measurable functionF for an ergodic measure-preserving transformationT. We prove that the sequence (k _n(ω)) is almost surely universally good for the mean ergodic theorem, i.e., that, for almost every, ω, the averages (*) converge for every choice of τ, if and only if the “cocycle”F satisfies a cohomological condition, equivalent to saying that the eigenvalue group of the “associated flow” ofF is countable. We show that this condition holds in many natural situations. When no assumption is made onF, the random sequence (k _n(ω)) is almost surely universally good for the mean ergodic theorem on the class of mildly mixing transformations τ. However, for any aperiodic transformationT, we are able to construct an integrable functionF for which the sequence (k _n(ω)) is not almost surely universally good for the class of weakly mixing transformations.     

Averaging distances in real quasihypermetric Banach spaces of finite dimension

The average distance theorem of Gross implies that for each realN-dimensional Banach space (N≥2) there is a unique positive real numberr(E) with the following property: For each positive integern and for all (not necessarily distinct)x ₁,x ₂, …,x _n inE with ‖x ₁‖=‖x ₂‖=…=‖x _n‖=1, there exists anx inE with ‖x‖=1 such that The main result of this paper shows, thatr(E)≤2−1/N for each realN-dimensional Banach spaceE (N≥2) with the so-called quasihypermetric property (which is equivalent toE isL ¹-embeddable). Moreover, equality holds if and only ifE is isometrically isomorphic to ℝ ^N equipped with the usual 1-norm.     

Interpolation properties of scales of Banach spaces

It is shown that any interpolation scales joining weight spaces L _p or similar spaces have many remarkable properties. Not only are such scales intrinsically interpolation scales, but an analog of the Arazy-Cwikel theorem describing interpolation spaces between the spaces from the scale is valid.     

Asymptotic properties of Banach spaces under renormings

It is shown that a separable Banach space can be given an equivalent norm with the following properties: If is relatively weakly compact and , then converges in norm. This yields a characterization of reflexivity once proposed by V.D. Milman. In addition it is shown that some spreading model of a sequence in is 1-equivalent to the unit vector basis of (respectively, ) implies that contains an isomorph of (respectively, ).

     

On sequential properties of Banach spaces,spaces of measures and densities

We show that a conjunction of Mazur and Gelfand-Phillips properties of a Banach space E can be naturally expressed in terms of weak* continuity of seminorms on the unit ball of E*.