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show/hide this revision's text 2 Put in missing part of the definition of superreflexivity.

Suppose $X$ is a reflexive space (possibly non-separable) which is not super-reflexive. Then (by definition) there exists a non-reflexive Banach space $Y$ which is non-reflexive . but is finitely representable in $X$, meaning that for each $\lambda >1$, every finite dimensional subspace of $Y$ is $\lambda$-isomorphic to a subspace of $X$. Can we always find such $Y$ (i.e. non-reflexive) which is separable? In this spirit, what are examples of reflexive but not super-reflexive spaces in which neither $\ell_1$ nor $c_0$ is finitely representable?

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Non-super reflexive space

Suppose $X$ is a reflexive space (possibly non-separable) which is not super-reflexive. Then (by definition) there exists a non-reflexive Banach space $Y$ which is non-reflexive. Can we always find such $Y$ (i.e. non-reflexive) which is separable? In this spirit, what are examples of reflexive but not super-reflexive spaces in which neither $\ell_1$ nor $c_0$ is finitely representable?