Uniform embeddings of Banach spaces

It is proved that for 1<-p≤2,L _p(0,1) andl _p are uniformly equivalent to bounded subsets of themselves. It is also shown that for 1<=p<=2, 1≦q<∞,L _p is uniformly equivalent to a subset ofl _q. This is a part of the author’s Ph. D. thesis prepared at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the supervision of Professor J. Lindenstrauss. The author wishes to thank Professor Lindenstrauss for his guidance.     

Universal non-compact operators between super-reflexive Banach spaces and the existence of a complemented copy of Hilbert space

Suppose that 1<p≦2, 2≦q<∞. The formal identity operatorI:l _p→l _qfactorizes through any given non-compact operator from ap-smooth Banach space into aq-convex Banach space. It follows that ifX is a 2-convex space andY is an infinite dimensional subspace ofX which is isomorphic to a Hilbert space, thenY contains an isomorphic copy ofl ₂ which is complemented inX.     

Banded perturbations of the unit vector basis in some sequence spaces

Perturbations of the unit vector basis of the formX _n =Σ_|j−n|≦m a _nj e _j wherem is a fixed positive integer are investigated. It is shown that if |a _nj |≦1 and if {x _n } possesses a biorthogonal sequence uniformly bounded inl _p for some 1<=p<∞, then {x _n } is a seminormalized basic sequence in some reflexive Orlicz spacel _N, then {x_n} is equivalent to {e _n} inl _N.     

On Hille-Tamarkin operators and Schatten classes

We determine the smallest Schatten class containing all integral operators with kernels inL _p(L_{p', q})^symm, where 2 <p∞ and 1≦q≦∞. In particular, we give a negative answer to a problem posed by Arazy, Fisher, Janson and Peetre in [1]. Supported in part by DGICYT (SAB-90-0033).     

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.     

Uniform convexity of unitary ideals

ItE is a symmetric Banach sequence which isq-concave with the constant equal to 1 (where 2≦q<∞), thenS _E isq-PL-convex. IfE isq-concave andp-convex with the constants equal to 1 (where 1<p≦2≦q<∞), thenS _E is uniformly convex with modulus of convexity of power typeq and uniformly smooth with modulus of smoothness of power typep.     

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.     

l p n Superspaces of spans of independent random variables

We show that for 1 ≦p < ∞,p ≠ 2, ifɛ > 0 is small enough andX ≦L _p is the span ofn independent Rademacher functions orn independent Gaussian random variables, then any superspaceY ofX satisfyingd(Y,L _p ^m ) ≦ 1 +ɛ has dimension larger thanr ⁿ, wherer =r(ɛ, p) > 1. This forms part of the author’s doctoral dissertation prepared at Texas A&M University under the direction of Professor W. B. Johnson. Supported in part by NSF DMS-85 00764.     

On complemented subspaces of (Σl_2 )_{l_p }

It is shown that ifX is a complemented subspace of (Σ (1<p<∞), thenX is isomorphic to eitherl ₂,l _p,l ₂⊗l _p or (Σ . IfX is a complemented subspace ofC _p(1<p<∞) which does not contain an isomorph of (Σ which does not contain an isomorph of thenX is isomorphic to a complemented subspace of (Σ ⊗l ₂. This research was partially supported by NSF MPS 72-04634-A03.     

Onl p-complemented copies in Orlicz spaces

Let 1<α≦β<∞ andF be an arbitrary closed subset of the interval [α,β]. An Orlicz sequence spacel ^φ (resp. an Orlicz function spaceL ^φ(μ)) with associated indices α and β is found in such a way that the set of valuesp for which thel ^p-space is isomorphic to a complemented subspace ofl ^φ (resp.L ^φ(μ)) is precisely the given setF (resp.F ∪ {2}). Also, a recent result of Hernández and Peirats [1] is extended showing that, even for the case in which the indices satisfy α_φ ^∞<2<β_φ ^∞, there exist minimal Orlicz function spacesL ^φ(μ) with no complemented copy ofl ^p for anyp ≠ 2. Supported in part by CAICYT grant 0338-84.     

Linear-topological classification of separableL p-spaces associated with von Neumann algebras of type I

We classify, up to a linear-topological isomorphism, all separableL _p-spaces, 1≤p<∞, associated with von Neumann algebras of type I. In particular, anyL _p-space associated with an infinite-dimensional atomic von Neumann algebra is isomorphic tol _p, or toC _p, or to . Further, anyL _p-space,p∈[1,∞),p∈2 associated with an infinite-dimensional von Neumann algebraM of type I is isomorphic to one of the following nine Banach spaces: l_p, L_p, S_P, C_p, S_p ⊕ L_p, L_p(S_p), C_p ⊕ L_p, L_p(C_p), C_p ⊕ L_p(S_p). In the casep=1 all the spaces in this list are pairwise non-isomorphic. Research supported by the Australian Research Council.     

Symmetric block bases in finite-dimensional normed spaces

It is shown that for 1 ≦p < ∞, any basisC-equivalent to the unit vector basis ofl _p ⁿ has a (1 + ε)-symmetric block basis of cardinality proportional ton/logn. When 1 <p < ∞, an upper bound proportional ton log logn/logn is also obtained. These results extend results of Amir and Milman in [2].     

On symmetric basic sequences in lorentz sequence spaces II

It is shown that if {y _n} is a block of type I of a symmetric basis {x _n} in a Banach spaceX, then {y _n} is equivalent to {x _n} if and only if the closed linear span [y _n] of {y _n} is complemented inX. The result is used to study the symmetric basic sequences of the dual space of a Lorentz sequence spaced(a, p). Let {x _n,f _n} be the unit vector basis ofd(a, p), for 1≤p<+∞. It is shown that every infinite-dimensional subspace ofd(a, p) (respectively, [f _n] has a complemented subspace isomorphic tol _p (respectively,l _q, 1/p+1/q=1 when 1<p<+∞ andc ₀ whenp=1) and numerous other results on complemented subspaces ofd(a, p) and [f _n] are obtained. We also obtain necessary and sufficient conditions such that [f _n] have exactly two non-equivalent symmetric basic sequences. Finally, we exhibit a Banach spaceX with symmetric basis {x _n} such that every symmetric block basic sequence of {x _n} spans a complemented subspace inX butX is not isomorphic to eitherc ₀ orl _p, 1≤p<+∞.     

On the subspaces ofL p (p>2) spanned by sequences of independent random variables

Let 2<p<∞. The Banach space spanned by a sequence of independent random variables inL ^p , each of mean zero, is shown to be isomorphic tol ²,l ^p ,l ²⊕l ^p , or a new spaceX _p , and the linear topological properties ofX _p are investigated. It is proved thatX _p is isomorphic to a complemented subspace ofL ^p and another uncomplemented subspace ofL ^p , whence there exists an uncomplemented subspace ofl ^p isomorphic tol ^p . It is also proved thatX _p is not isomorphic to the previously knownℒ _p spaces. The work for this research was partially supported by the National Science Foundation GP-12997.     

Matrix transformations of lq（X） to lP（Y）

Let X and Y be Banach spaces,0 ＜ q ＜ +∞,1 ＜ p ＜ +∞.In this paper,we characterize matrix transformations of lq(X) to lp(Y).     

Subspaces without the approximation property

It is proved that the Banach spacel _p with 1≦p<2 contains a subspace without AP (the case 2<p≦∞ follows from the Enflo’s construction and also from the present one). The result generalizes to the following one: if the supremum of types ofX is strictly less than 2 or if the infimum of cotypes ofX is strictly more than 2 thenX contains a subspace without AP.     

Espaces de Banach stables

We define the notion of “stable Banach space” by a simple condition on the norm. We prove that ifE is a stable Banach space, then every subspace ofL ^p(E) (1≦p<∞) is stable. Our main result asserts that every infinite dimensional stable Banach space containsl ^p, for somep, 1≦p<∞. This is a generalization of a theorem due to D. Aldous: every infinite dimensional subspace ofL ¹ containsl ^p, for somep in the interval [1, 2].     

Analogues of the “zero-two” law for positive linear contractions inL p andC(X)

LetT be a positive linear contraction inL ^p (1≦p<∞), then we show that lim ‖T ^pf −T ⁿ⁺¹ f‖ _p ≦(1 − ε)2^1/p (f∈L _p ⁺ , ε>0 independent off) implies already lim_n n→∞ ‖T ⁿf −T ⁿ⁺¹ n+1f ‖_p p=0. Several other related results as well as uniform variants of these are also given. Finally some similar results inLsu/t8 andC(X) are shown.     

Greedy Bases for Besov Spaces

We prove that the Banach space (?_n=1^￥l_pⁿ)_lq(\bigoplus_{n=1}^{\infty}\ell_{p}^{n})_{\ell_{q}}, which is isomorphic to certain Besov spaces, has a greedy basis whenever 1≤p≤∞ and 1<q<∞. Furthermore, the Banach spaces (?_n=1^￥l_pⁿ)_l1(\bigoplus_{n=1}^{\infty}\ell _{p}^{n})_{\ell_{1}}, with 1<p≤∞, and (?_n=1^￥l_pⁿ)_c0(\bigoplus_{n=1}^{\infty}\ell_{p}^{n})_{c_{0}}, with 1≤p<∞, do not have a greedy basis. We prove as well that the space (?_n=1^￥l_pⁿ)_lq(\bigoplus_{n=1}^{\infty}\ell _{p}^{n})_{\ell_{q}} has a 1-greedy basis if and only if 1≤p=q≤∞.     

Rearrangement invariant subspaces of Lorentz function spaces

The main result is that for 2≦q≦p<∞ the only subspaces of the Lorentz function spaceL _pq [0, 1] which are isomorphic to r.i. function spaces on [0, 1] are, up to equivalent renormings,L _pq [0, 1] andL ₂[0, 1].