Geometry in preduals of spaces of 2-homogeneous polynomials on Hilbert spaces

Let H be a (real or complex) Hilbert space. Using spectral theory and properties of the Schatten–Von Neumann operators, we prove that every symmetric tensor of unit norm in H ^(?)] _s,psH{H \hat{\otimes} _{s,\pi _{s}}H} is an infinite absolute convex combination of points of the form x?x{x\otimes x} with x in the unit sphere of the Hilbert space. We use this to obtain explicit characterizations of the smooth points of the unit ball of H ^(?)] _s,psH{H \hat{\otimes} _{s,\pi _{s}}H} .