Renorming of and the fixed point property

For any , let P_k denote the natural projections on ℓ₁. Let |||||| be an equivalent norm of ℓ₁ that satisfies all of the following four conditions:

(1) There are α>4 and a positive (decreasing) sequence (α_n) in (0,1) such that for any normalized block basis {f_n} of (ℓ₁,||||||) and xℓ₁ with P_k−1(x)=x and |||x|||<α_k,

(2) There are two strictly decreasing sequences {β_k} and {γ_k} with

such that for any normalized block basis {f_n} of (ℓ₁,||||||) and x with (I−P_k)(x)=x,

(3) For any , I−P_k=1.

(4) The unit ball of (ℓ₁,||||||) is σ(ℓ₁,c₀)-closed.

In this article, we prove that the space (ℓ₁,||||||) has the fixed point property for the nonexpansive mapping. This improves a previous result of the author.

Keywords: Renorming; Fixed point property