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Radon-Nikodym property in Diestel & Uhl: a definition clarification
I posted the following question on MSE originally because, not being research-level, it seemed more appropriate for that site. However, there was no activity for it on MSE and I feel that it certainly ...
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Distinguishing topologically weak topologies of Banach spaces
Are the weak topologies of $\ell_1$ and $L_1$ homeomorphic?
Strangely may it sound, the question seeks contrasts between norm and weak topologies of Banach spaces from the non-linear point of view. ...
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Uniformly convex Banach spaces
Theorem. If $X$ and $Y$ are uniformly convex Banach spaces, then for $1<p<\infty$ the space
$$
X\oplus_pY=X\times Y,
\qquad
\Vert(x,y)\Vert:=(\Vert x\Vert_X^p+\Vert y\Vert_Y^p)^{1/p}
$$
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Notation for the space of eventually-zero sequences
An eventually-zero sequence is a real-valued sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^\infty$ for which there exists an $N\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $x_n=0$ for each $n\geq N$. The space of eventually-zero sequences ...
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Are Chebyshev polynomials a Schauder basis of $\mathrm{Lip}[-1,1]$?
It is known that every Lipschitz function $f \colon [-1,1] \to \mathbb R$ can be expressed as a series in the Chebyshev polynomials $$f = \sum_{n = 0}^\infty a_n T_n $$ which is absolutely convergent ...
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$c_{0}$ has no boundedly complete basis
Recall that a basis $(x_{n})_{n}$ for a Banach space $X$ is called boundedly complete if for every scalar sequence $(a_{n})_{n}$ with $\sup_{n}\|\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}x_{i}\|<\infty$, the series $\...
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Weak compactness in $\mathcal{F}(X)$
Let $(X,0)$ be a pointed metric space and let $\mathcal{F}(X)$ be the natural predual of ${\rm Lip}_0(X)$, the space of Lipschitz functions on $X$ that map $0$ to $0$; here $\mathcal{F}(X)$ is really ...
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Can a non-reflexive space embed into a reflexive space?
My question is inspired from the concept of super-reflexivity which was defined by James here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-mathematics/article/superreflexive-banach-...
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Unicellular compact operators
An operator $T$ on a separable Hilbert space $H$ is called unicellular if any two closed invariant subspaces $M$ and $N$ are comparable; that is either $M\subseteq N$ or $N\subseteq M$. There are many ...
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Are sequences in $\ell^1(\mathbb N_0)$ converging uniformly on convex weakly compact subsets of $c_0(\mathbb N_0)$ norm convergent?
I think the question as expressed in the title should be clear. I do not know whether there is a known "characterization" of the weakly compact convex sets in $c_0(\mathbb N_0)$ but testing ...
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M-bases for $C(K)$-spaces, $K$ -scattered
Recall that a biorthogonal system $\{(x_i, x^*_i)\colon i\in I\}$ in a Banach space $E$ is a M-basis if $\{x_i\}_{i\in I}$ is linearly dense in $E$ and $\{x_i^*\}_{i\in I}$ separates points. Let me ...
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Extreme case of K-interpolation
Suppose $X_0$ and $X_1$ are Banach spaces living in a larger Banach space
$X$. The $K$-functional is defined for each $f\in X_0+X_1$ and $t>0$ as
$$K(f,t,X_0,X_1)=\inf\{\|f_0\|_{X_0}+t\|f_1\|_{X_1}:...
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Asymptotic uniform convexity conditions for subsets of the $B_X$
The following question is relatively straightforward and almost looks like an exercise from a textbook but I have no idea how to handle it. The problem is related to spaces with asymptotically ...
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Continuity of a differential of a Banach-valued holomorphic map
Originally posted on MSE.
Let $U$ be an open set in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ let $F$ be a Banach space (in my case even a dual Banach space), and let $\varphi:U\to F$ be a holomorphic map. I seem to be able ...
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Dual space of Carleman functions
Let $X$ be the space of all weakly measurable functions $\gamma:\mathbb{R}^n \to L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (modulo functions that are 0 almost everywhere) for which
$$\|\gamma\|_X^2 := \sup_{\|g\|_{L^2}=1} \...
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Definition of $1$-spreading basis and spreading model
I recall two definitions from Banach space theory
Definition 1. Let $E$ be a Banach space, then a basis $(e_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ of $E$ is called $1$-spreading if $$\left\|\sum_{i=1}^k a_i e_{m_i}\...
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$ f,g\in \mathrm{VMO} $ but $ f\cdot g\notin \mathrm{VMO} $
We say a function $ f\in L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}) $ is in $\mathrm{BMO}(\mathbb{R})$ if
$$\|f\|_{\mathrm{BMO}}=\sup_{I}\frac{1}{|I|}\int\limits_I |f(y)-f_I|\, dy<\infty$$ for all intervals $I\...
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Dual norm of a subspace of $\ell_\infty^3$
We define a norm on $\mathbb C^2$ as $\|(\alpha,\beta)\|:=\max\left\{|\alpha|,|\beta|,\big|\frac{\alpha+\beta}{\sqrt{2}}\big|\right\}.$ Can the dual norm be calculated explicitly?
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Do there exist infinite-dimensional Banach spaces in which every bounded linear operator attains its norm?
Let $X$ be a Banach space, $L(X)$ the space of all bounded linear operators on $X$. We say that $A ∈ L(X)$ attains its norm if there exists $x ∈ X$ such that $\|x\| = 1$ and $\|Ax\| = \|A\|$. The ...
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Banach-Mazur distance between Schatten-$p$ classes
Let $M_n$ denote the set of all $n\times n$ complex matrices. Let $1\leq p<\infty.$ For $A\in M_n$ define $\|A\|_p:=(Tr(A^*A)^{p/2})^{1/p}$ where $Tr$ denotes the usual trace of a matrix. Then $\|.\...
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Completeness of the space $L^p$ and the Axiom of Countable Choice
I am thinking about the proof that the usual $L^p$ spaces are complete.
So, let $(X,\mathcal{F},\mu)$ be a measure space and let
$p\in[1,+\infty)$.
Important: by a measure I mean a nonnegative $\sigma$...
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"Cyclic vector" of sequence of operators
I recently encountered the following somewhat random-looking problem in my research. At first I thought that should not be too hard, but now, the more I think about it, the more interesting it seems.
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Infinite matrices from $\ell^p$ to $\ell^{p/(p-1)}$ that are compact operators
I wanted to ask if my proof (sketch) of the following statement is correct. Namely, let $p>1$ and define $q= \frac{p}{p-1}$ we are given an operator $K : \ell^{p} \rightarrow \ell^{q}$ defined as $...
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Closure of finite rank operators on $L^p$
It well-known that, an operator $T:H\to H$ on a Hilbert space, is compact if and only if T is limit of finite rank operators.
Besides this, the results by Per Enflo 1973 shows that this results is ...
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Group of isometries of Banach spaces a topological group?
Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $\mathrm{Iso}(X)$ be its group of isometries, i.e., the set of surjective linear maps $T: X \to X$ with $\|Tx\| = \|x\|$.
Q: Is $\mathrm{Iso}(X)$ a topological group ...
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When does $C_b(X)$ admit a Schauder Basis?
Let $(X,d)$ be a separable and connected metric space. My question is rather short and to the point: do there exist $\{x_n\}_{n=0}^{\infty}\subseteq X$ such that
$$
\left\{d(x_n,\cdot)-d(x_0,\cdot)\...
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Bayesian inverse problems on non-separable Banach spaces
I am now studying Bayesian inverse problems. In the note of Dashti and Stuart https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.6989, they mentioned that "... when considering a non-separable Banach space $B$, it is ...
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Quantifications of boundedly complete bases
Let $(x_{n})_{n=1}^\infty$ be a bounded sequence in a Banach space $X$. We set
$$\textrm{ca}((x_{n})_{n=1}^\infty)=\inf_{n}\sup_{k,l\geq n}\|x_{k}-x_{l}\|.$$
Then $(x_{n})_{n=1}^\infty$ is norm-Cauchy ...
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Bases in $c_{0}$
$c_{0}$, the space of the scalar sequence that converges to $0$ endowed with the sup norm, has two well-known bases: the unit vector basis $(e_{n})_{n}$, where $e_{n}(k)=1$ if $k=n$ and $0$ otherwise, ...
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Fourier type of asymptotic-$\ell_{2}$ Banach spaces
A Banach space $X$ is said to have Fourier type $p\in[1,2]$ if the Fourier transform $\hat{f}(s):=\int_{\mathbb{R}}e^{-ist}f(t)dt$ defines a bounded linear operator from $L_{p}(\mathbb{R},X)$ to $L_{p'...
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An approximation property in a separable topological vector space
Let $X$ be a topological vector space.
Let us say that $X$ enjoys sequential separablity if there exists a sequence $\{x_n\}$ in $X$ such that for every $x\in X$ there exists a subsequence of $\{...
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A question on the Haar basis for $L_{1}[0,1]$
Let $(x_{n})_{n=1}^\infty$ be a basis for a Banach space $X$. It is important to know the exact expression of the norm of $\|\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}x_{i}\|$ for all $n$ and all scalars $a_{1},a_{2},\ldots,...
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$L_1$-subspace of the predual of a von Neumann algebra
If $M$ is a type $II$ von Neumann algebra, then the predual has a complemented subspace isometric to $L_1(0,1)$. It follows from the existence of expectation. However, I don't know whether such a ...
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Quantifying shrinking bases
Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $(x_{n})_{n=1}^\infty$ be a (Schauder) basis for $X$. Let $(x^{*}_{n})_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be the biorthogonal functionals associated to the basis $(x_{n})_{n=1}^\infty$. ...
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Subspaces of $L_p([0,1])$ whose unit ball is compact for the topology of convergence in measure
Any information about the following questions would be welcome.
I wonder whether there are (well-known or easy) closed and infinite dimensional subspaces of $L_p([0,1])$ ($1<p<\infty$) whose ...
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On the symmetric basic sequence of a symmetric sequence space
Let $E$ be a separable Banach space with symmetric basis $\{e_i\}$ (it is also called a symmetric sequence space).
Let $\{x_i\}$ be a normalized disjoint sequence in $E$, i.e.,
$\lVert x_i\rVert_E=1$ ...
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Weak* HI Banach spaces
The following question is inspired by Bill's nice unpublished result that the dual of a non separable Banach space is decomposable. (See the previous posts Decomposable Banach Spaces, Hereditarily ...
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Regularity of functions everywhere approximable by $n$-th degree polynomials
Let $(X, \lVert \cdot \rVert_X)$, $(Y, \lVert \cdot \rVert_Y)$ be two Banach spaces.
A function $P \colon X \to Y$ such that there exists $n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that for all $i \in \{ 0, \ldots, n \}$...
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A question related to the separable quotient problem
I have the following question related to the previous posts Hereditarily indecomposable Banach spaces and Separable Quotient problem and Weak star separable and separable quotient problem
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A question on strictly cosingular operators
Let $T:X\rightarrow Y$ be an operator satisfying that $Q_{N}T$ is not surjective for every finite-dimensional subspace $N$ of $Y$, where $Q_{N}:Y\rightarrow Y/N$ is the canonical quotient map. My ...
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Direct limit of the sequence $E_{0} \hookrightarrow E_{1} \hookrightarrow \cdots$ in the category of Banach spaces
Recently I have been reading the paper The categorical origins of Lebesgue integration by Tom Leinster (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.00412.pdf). In this paper, he said that：
For $n \geq 0$, let $E_{n}$ ...
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Existence of a Gelfand triple involving the Arens–Eells space (aka Lipschitz free space)
$\DeclareMathOperator\Lip{Lip}\DeclareMathOperator\AE{AE}$Background
Gelfand triples. Let $\mathcal B$ be a Banach space, $\mathcal B^*$ its dual space, and $\mathcal H$ a Hilbert space. The triple $(\...
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Norming subspaces of duals of quotient spaces
In Davis, William J., and William B. Johnson. "Basic sequences and norming subspaces in non-quasi-reflexive Banach spaces." Israel Journal of Mathematics 14.4 (1973): 353-367., the authors discuss the ...
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Radon-Nikodým property of $\ell^\infty$
I am wondering whether $\ell^\infty(\mathbb N)$ has the Radon-Nikodým property. Of course $\ell^1(\mathbb N)$ does, but I was unable to find out whether (e.g.) duals of spaces with the R-N property ...
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What is an example of two Banach spaces $X,Y$ such that $X$ embeds isometrically but not linearly into $Y$?
By a result of Godefroy and Kalton if $X,Y$ are separable Banach spaces and $X$ embeds isometrically into $Y$, then $X$ embeds with a linear isometry into $Y$.
Is this result known to fail for ...
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‘Linear’ intersection property of separable Banach spaces
Let $X$ be a separable Banach space. Denote $W(f,\varepsilon) = \{z\in X\colon \lvert\langle f,z\rangle\rvert < \varepsilon\}$ for some $f\in X^*$ .
Suppose that $U$ is an open set in $X$ such that ...
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Name for certain property of equivalent norms on finite-dimensional subspaces of a Banach space
Let $X=(X,\|\cdot\|)$ be a Banach space and suppose that $F\subset X$ is a finite-dimensional subspace. There is then an equivalent norm $|\cdot|$ on $F$ such that $|\cdot|$ is induced by an inner ...
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Existence of minimal subset of dual ball such that the intersection of kernels is trivial
Let $(V, \lVert \cdot \rVert)$ be a separable Banach space and let $B_{V^*}$ denote the closed ball in the dual $V^*$. Suppose we have a family $C \subseteq B_{V^*}$ such that $\bigcap_{\Lambda \in C} ...
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A Hahn-Banach type extension problem for multiple functionals
Let $X$ be a closed subspace of a Banach space Y. I have functionals $f_0, f_1, \ldots, f_n\in X^*$ such that $f_0$ is in the span of the remaining ones. I fix an extension of $f_0$ to $Y$; let me ...
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Separable subalgebras of non-separable reflexive Banach algebras
Let $A$ be a non-separable reflexive Banach algebra. Every separable subspace of $A$ is contained in a separable 1-complemented subspace [Lindenstrauss,1966]. It is straightforward to show that every ...
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