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Sum of subspaces is closed iff inclination is positive
It is a well-known result in functional analysis that the sum $M+N$ of two subspaces of a Banach space with $M\cap N=0$ is closed if and only if the inclination
$$\widehat{(M,N)} := \inf_{x\in M, \|x\|...
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Approximation property counterexamples? (Also: relation to tensor products)
I remember reading somewhere (but unfortunately, I've forgotten where it was) that the canonical map from the (completed) projective tensor product of two Banach spaces to the (completed) injective ...
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Does Bishop-Phelps Theorem hold for extreme points (slightly different version)?
Recall the Bishop-Phelps Theorem.
Bishop-Phelps Theorem: Let $B\subseteq E$ be a bounded, closed, convex subset of a real Banach space $E.$
Then the set
$$\{e^*\in E^*: e^* \text{ attains its ...
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Does $\{ x^* \circ \psi_t:x^*\in ext(E^*), t\in K \}\subset ext(X^*)$ hold?
Notations: Let $K$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space and $E$ be a real normed linear space.
Recall that $C_0(K,E)$ is the set of $E$-valued continuous functions $f$ on $K$ such that $f$ vanishes at ...
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Lipschitz right inverses of Banach space quotients
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $Y$ a closed subspace of $X$. I am interested in quotients $q:X\to X/Y$ that do not have Lipschitz right inverses (not necessarily linear).
Of course, if $Y$ is ...
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Status of an open problem in isometric aspect of Banach space theory
The following open problem is taken from the book Open Problems in the Geometry and Analysis of Banach Spaces, page $40.$
Problem $84:$ Assume that $X$ is an infinite-dimensional separable Banach ...
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Status of two Banach space theory open problems posted by Pełczyński
In the book 'Open Problems in the Geometry and Analysis of Banach Spaces', I am interested in the following two problems.
Problem $1$: Let $X$ be a separable infinite-dimensional Banach space that is ...
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Reference request: The resolvent is analytic in the resolvent set
I am busy reading through Taylor's paper Spectral Theory of Closed Distributive Operators.
On page 192, he defines the resolvent and spectrum of $T$:
Later on in the paragraph, he then proceeds by ...
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Non-separable asymptotic $\ell_1$ space
The Figiel-Johnson Tsirelson space is an example of an asymptotic $\ell_1$ Banach space not containing $\ell_1$. The notion of asymptotic $\ell_1$ is with respect to some basis, but a coordinate free ...
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Open problems concerning Araujo's biseparating maps
Araujo stated the following four open questions at the end of his paper, page $518$ and $519.$
Question $1:$ Assume that there exists a biseparating map $T:A^n(\Omega:E)\to A^m(\Omega',F)$ which is ...
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What is a standard name for this kind of unconditional bases in Banach spaces?
I am looking for a standard name (if it exists) for the following property of a Schauder basis $(e_i)_{i=1}^\infty$ in a Banach space $X$:
$$\|\sum_{i\in F}x_ie_i\|\le\|x\|$$for any $x=\sum_{i=1}^\...
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Examples of Banach lattices with positive Schur property but without Schur property
A Banach lattice $E$ has the
$(1)$ Schur property provided that any weakly null sequence in $E$ is norm null in $E$, and
$(2)$ positive Schur property provided that any weakly null sequence of ...
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Dunford−Pettis property of $L^1(\mu)$
$\def\bs#1{\boldsymbol#1}\def\sp{\kern.4mm}$Let $\bs K$ be either the standard real or complex topological field, and let $E$ be a Hausdorff locally convex space over $\bs K\sp$. Then saying that $E$ ...
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Reference Request: Calculus of Variations in Hilbert Space
I'm looking for a good reference to a book on calculus of variations in the setting of Banach Spaces.
If it helps, I'm working with a particular functional acting on Fr\'{e}chet-differentiable ...
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The approximation property for some spaces of holomorphic functions
I am reading a circle of papers which use arguments based on Fredholm determinants of nuclear operators to compute numerical quantities associated to real-analytic and holomorphic dynamical systems. ...
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Is $(\ell^1(\mathbb N_0),\sigma(\ell^1,\ell^\infty))$ not quasi-complete?
In Jarchow's Locally Convex Spaces this not being quasi-complete is asserted on page 206 referring to Corollary 11.4.4 on page 228 saying that a Banach space is reflexive if and only if its closed ...
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Example of Banach spaces with non-unique uniform structures
While it is known that compact Hausdorff spaces admit unique uniform structures, it is further shown by Johson and Lindenstrauss's result that Banach spaces are characterized by their uniform ...
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Banach spaces $X$ with $\ell_2(X)$ not isomorphic to $L_2([0,1],X)$
Let $X$ be a Banach space. I think that some time ago I read somewhere that, in general, the space $\ell_2(X)$ of all sequences $(x_n)$ in $X$ with $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \|x_n\|^2<\infty$ is not ...
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Kernel of a convex combination of projections
Assume that we have finitely many projections $P_1,\dots, P_n$ on a Banach space $X$ (take an explicit case of $X=L_p(\mu)$ if a concrete examples is better). Consider their convex combination $P=\...
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Quotients in complex interpolation of Banach spaces
Let $(X_0,X_1)$ be an admissible pair of complex Banach spaces with $X_0$ continuously embedded in $X_1$. For $0<\theta<1$, let us denote by $X_\theta =(X_0,X_1)_\theta$ the complex ...
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If $K$ is a countable compact metric space is the set of extreme point of $Ba(C(K))$ countable?
The question is the title. The set $Ba(C(K))$ is the unit ball of $C(K)$. This has to be known, but I can't find the answer explicitly in the literature. There is some literature about polyhedral ...
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When is the sum of complemented subspaces complemented?
Let $X$ be a Banach space.
Question. Suppose $X_1,...,X_n$ are complemented subspaces of $X$. When is the sum $X_1+...+X_n$ complemented? Further, suppose we know some projections $P_1,...,P_n$ onto $...
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Type-cotype inequalities for arbitrary orthonormal systems
Let $X$ be a B-convex Banach space and let $v^1 = (v^1_1,…,v^1_n), …, v^n = (v^n_1,…,v^n_n)$ be an orthonormal basis of $\mathbb{R}^n$. My question is what one can say about $\left( \sum_i \Vert \...
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A possible norm on a subspace of $C^\infty([0,1])$?
I have posted the following question (with minimal differences) on MSE some days ago, without receiving a satisfactory answer, so let me try here again.
Take the vector space of infinitely ...
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Good reference for noncommutative $L^p$ spaces
I'm looking for good references to learn about $L^p$ spaces associated with von Neumann algebras. I already know about Uffe Haagerup's paper "$L^p$-spaces associated with an arbitrary von Neumann ...
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$l^1$ versus $l^2$
Is there an elementary proof of this Banach space fact?
If the Banach space $V$ is linearly isomorphic to $l^1$, then it does not isometrically contain euclidean spaces of arbitrarily large finite ...
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Do non-stable Banach spaces exist?
Let $K$ be $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$. A Banach space $X$ over $K$ is stable if $X\cong X\times K$. I encountered the following question in some papers in the sixties:
Is every infinite ...
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Where can I find some articles and lecture notes in renorming theory in Banach spaces? [closed]
I am really into renorming theory in Banach spaces especially, renorming in non-reflexive Banach spaces such that they have nice property, for example they have fixed point property,locally uniformly ...
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Form of finite dimensional contractive projection in $L_p$
Let $P$ be a finite dimensional contractive (norm 1) projection in $L_p$, $1 < p < \infty$. Then $P$ is of the following form:
$Pf = \sum_{k=1}^n g_k \int h_kf$
Where $\|g_k\|_p = \|h_k\|_q = \...
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Embedding of real trees into $\ell_1(\Gamma)$
It seems plausible that any real tree or ${\mathbb{R}}$-tree in the sense of the definition in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_tree admits an isometric embedding into the Banach space $\ell_1(\...
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example of an $\ell_1$-saturated Banach space without an unconditional basis
Giorgos Petsoulas, in his paper "A class of $\ell^p$ saturated Banach spaces," has constructed for each $1<p<\infty$ a space $\mathfrak{X}_p$ which is complementably $\ell_p$-saturated but ...
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Well-complemented copies of $\ell_p^n$
This must be surely known but I couldn't locate this problem in the literature. It popped out in a priori unrelated approximation problem but if true, would help me greatly.
Let $p\in (1,\infty)$.
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When do Borel $\sigma$-algebras generated by the total variation norm and the weak* topology coincide?
I am almost certain that I read somewhere that the following is true, but I cannot seem to locate the reference. I would be most appreciative if someone could point me to a reference. The result was ...
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Estimates of entropy of functional spaces
Let $M^n$ be a compact $n$-dimensional manifold. For $k\geq 0$ let us denote by $C^k(M)$ the Banach space of $k$ times continuously differentiable functions, and $B_{C^k}$ denote the unit ball of it.
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Approximate singular value decomposition in Banach spaces
I am interested in generalisations to Banach spaces of the following construction, which relates to the singular value decomposition of a finite-dimensional linear map. If $V$, $W$ are finite-...
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On the classification of injective Banach spaces
A Banach space $E$ is injective when it is complemented in each Banach space $X$ that contains it as a closed subspace. The space $E$ is $1$-injective if the copy of $E$ in $X$ is the range of a norm-...
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Maximum Principle with Banach Control Space
This is a problem that seems very natural to me, but I couldn't find any formal statement in the literature for some time now. I am basically considering an autonomous optimal control problem in which,...
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Orthonormal basis in $\ell^n_p$
Given a $k$-dimensional subspace in $\ell^n_p$, is there a way to bound the value of
$$
\sum_{i=1}^k \|a_i\|_{\ell^p}^2
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for $a_i$ an orthonormal (for the "standard" underlying $\ell^n_2$) basis.
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$x\in Ext(B_X)$ has the Kadec property, implies that the slices form a neighborhood base of the norm topology
This is question 3.87 from Fabian's Functional Analysis and Infinite-Dimensional Geometry. The result is credited to Lin and Troyanski. Where on the net can I read a proof of this lemma? Any help ...
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Special kind of operators
Consider an operator $A: H \longrightarrow X$ ($H$ is a Hilbert space and $X$ is a Banach space) that has a representation
$$ A = \sum_{j=0}^\infty a_j \langle \cdot, e_j\rangle \cdot x_j,$$
where $(...
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Isometric embeddings of $\ell_q^m$ into $\ell_p$ and $L_p$ for $p,q\in[1,+\infty]$
I'm looking for articles describing or proving nonexistence of isometric embeddings of $m$-dimensional space $\ell_q^m$ into $L_p$ and $\ell_p$ for $q,p\in[1,+\infty]$.
Since $\ell_q^m$ is finite ...
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BM-distances between $B(\ell_p^n)$ and $\ell^{n^2}_p$
Let $\ell_p^n$ be the $n$-dimensional real or complex $\ell_p$-space and let $\mathscr{B}(\ell_p^n)$ be the space of matrices on $\ell_p^n$ endowed with the operator norm. I am looking for any ...
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Continuous projections in $\ell_1$ with norm $>1$
I was trying to find papers and articles about non-contractive continuous projections in $\ell_1(S)$ where $S$ is an arbitrary set. If it is not studied yet, I would like to know results for the case $...
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Determining continuous functions on Banach spaces
Let $X$ be a real Banach space.
For a continuous (not necessarily linear) function $g:X \to \mathbb{R}$ and a family $\mathcal{F} \subseteq X^*$, we´ll say that $\mathcal{F}$ determines $g$ if ...
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Reference request for sums of Grothendieck spaces
I much appreciate your help with my previous question. Now, I'd like to ask about a reference. I need a fact asserting that if $p\in (1,\infty]$ (with emphasis on the case $p=\infty$) then the $\ell_p$...
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Is the space of Hankel operators complemented in B(H)?
Let $H$ be $\ell^2({\mathbb N})$ and let $S:H\to H$ be the unilateral forward shift, so that $S^*S=I\neq SS^*$. Then a bounded operator $T:H\to H$ is Hankel if and only if it satisfies $TS=S^*T$.
Let ...
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Examples of Banach spaces and their duals
There are many representation theorems which state that the dual space of a Banach space $X$ has a particularly concrete form. For example, if $X = C([0,1],\mathbb R)$ is the space of real-valued ...
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Preduals of B(E)
For a Hilbert space $H$ it is well known that the algebra $B(H)$ has a unique predual; the Banach space of trace class operators.
If $E$ is a Banach space then is it known whether
$B(E)$ is always a ...
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Best constant in comparison between Rademacher and gaussian averages?
Let $(g_k)$ be a sequence of independent standard gaussians variables on a fixed probability space $\Omega$. Let $(\epsilon_k)$ be a sequence of independent rademacher variables.
What is the best ...
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Lifting of product of a Banach algebra
Let $A$ be a non unital Banach algebra. The product induces a bounded linear map $T:A \otimes_{\gamma} A\to A$ where $\otimes_\gamma$ denotes the Banach projective tensor product.
A lifting of $T$ is ...
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