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Regarding an element being self adjoint

Let $A$ be a unital C*-algebra. Let $x,y\in A$ be self adjoint elements in $A$, with $x$ being invertible. Can we say that the spectrum of $x^{-1}y$ is a subset of the real line? I know this is true ...
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Convergence of Gaussian measures

Let $X$ be a separable Banach space with its Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal F$. Let $x_n \to x$ in $X$. Fix a Gaussian covariance operator $K$, and let $\mathbb P_n$ and $\mathbb P$ be Gaussian ...
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Space of compact operators

I am interested in the Banach space $\mathcal{K}=\mathcal{K}(\ell^2)$ of compact operators on $\ell^2$, however my questions can be stated for any $\mathcal{K}(E)$, where $E$ is an arbitrary Banach ...
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Uniform boundedness principle for almost surely converging sequence of operators

I'd like to do the following: I consider a separable Banach space $X$ with a probability measure $\mu$ on the Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal B(X)$. Additionally, I have a sequence of measurable, ...
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G.L. l. u. st. for subspaces of Banach spaces with an unconditional basis

A Banach space $X$ has Gordon-Lewis local unconditional structure (G.L. l. u. st.) if for every finite dimensional subspace $E$ of $X$, the inclusion operator $i:E\to X$ factors through a finite ...
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$K$-convex Banach spaces

Let $X$ be a Banach space. We say that $X$ contains $\ell_1^n$'s uniformly iff for all $n\in\mathbb N$ there exist subspaces $X_n\subseteq X$ with $d(X_n,\ell_1^n)\leq \lambda$ for some $\lambda\geq 1$...
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For which Banach spaces is the self composition operator Lipschitz?

Let $X\subseteq \{f|f:D\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n\}$ be a Banach space, with at least all polynomials on $D$ contained in $X$, where $D\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ is open and bounded. Let $U\subseteq X\cap \...
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Another question about asymptotic models in Banach spaces

The array $(x_{i}^{k})_{i=1,k\in\mathbb{N}}^{\infty}$ of normalized $M$-basic sequences in a Banach space $X$ is itself called $M$-basic if, for every $k\leq i_{1}<i_{2}<\ldots$, the diagonal ...
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Density of signed measures in dual space

Let $B$ be a Banach space of functions on a Radon space $X$. By the Hahn-Banach theorem, we know that the canonical evaluation map is isometric. That is, for every $f \in B$, we have $$\|f\| = \sup_{\...
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Dual of isometric copies into dual Banach spaces

Let $X$ be a Banach space and $X_1\xrightarrow{}X$ isometrically. Under some assumption can we guarantee that $X^*$ contains an isometric copy of $X_1^*$. I am also interested to know if this happens ...
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Certain decompositions of decomposable Banach spaces

Let $\mathcal{X}$ be a decomposable Banach space (i.e. a topological direct sum of infinite-dimensional subspaces, say $\mathcal{X}=\mathcal{A}\oplus\mathcal{B}$). Can one always obtain another ...
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Property $(V_1)$ for Banach spaces

This aim of this note is to record a problem that still seems to be open. Räbiger, in his doctoral thesis, defined property $(V_1)$ as follows: A Banach space $X$ has property $(V_1)$ if every ...
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A question on Grothendieck space

A Banach space $X$ is said to be Grothendieck if the weak and the weak* convergence of sequences in $X^{*}$ coincide. I have the following two questions. Question 1. A Banach space $X$ is Grothendieck ...
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On the intersection of two Orlicz spaces

It is well-known that if $1\leq p\leq q\leq \infty $ then $$ L^p(X)\cap L^q(X)\subset L^r(X)\quad\quad \text{whenever $r\in [p,q]$}\tag{I}\label{Eq}.$$ Indeed let $u\in L^p(X)\cap L^q(X)$. For some $...
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Closedness of the image of the unit ball

Let $X$ be a Banach space and let $P$ be a bounded, linear projection on $X$. Is $P[B_X]$ closed in $X$? Here $B_X$ is the closed unit ball of $X$. This is trivial if $X$ is reflexive, but otherwise ...
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Example of empty projection in strictly convex Banach space

Let $X$ be a strictly convex Banach space, let $C\subseteq X$ be a nonempty closed convex set, and let $P_C$ be the set-valued metric projection $$P_C(x) = \{y\in C : \|x-y\| = d(x,C)\} . $$ We know ...
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Finite-dimensional subspaces of $c_{0}$

Let $M$ be a finite-dimensional subspace of $c_{0}$, and let $\varepsilon>0$. Question. Does there exist a finite rank projection from $c_{0}$, of norm $\leq 1+\varepsilon$, onto a subspace $N$ of ...
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Uniform smoothness and twice-differentiability of norms

To get to the simplest case, consider a norm $\|\cdot\|$ over $R^n$ that is uniformly smooth of power-type 2, that is, there is a constant $C$ such that $$\frac{\|x+y\| + \|x - y\|}{2} \le 1 + C \|y\|^...
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Extremal bases in finite-dimensional Banach spaces

Definition. A basis $e_1,\dots,e_n$ for a Banach space $X$ is called extremal if there exists a point $s$ in the unit sphere $S_X=\{x\in X:\|x\|=1\}$ such that for every $i\in\{1,\dots,n\}$ the ...
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Mazur-Ulam bases in finite-dimensional Banach spaces

Definition. A basis $e_1,\dots,e_n$ of a finite-dimensional Banach space $X$ is called Mazur-Ulam if all vectors $e_1,\dots,e_n$ have norm one and every self-isometry $f:S_X\to S_X$ of the unit sphere ...
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Both $\ell_\infty$ and $L_\infty$ belong to $\mathcal{B}_1$ [duplicate]

I am looking for a resource or some hints on why the two normed spaces $\ell_\infty$ and $L_\infty$ belong to the family $\mathcal{B}_1$, that is, they are of the family of Banach spaces $X$ such that ...
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Inequality of exponentials of Banach operators

(I have moved this question from Stackexchange). Given the operators $\{A_j\}$ in a Banach algebra and a positive integer $p$, let \begin{equation} g=\exp\left(\frac{1}{n}\sum_{j=1}^p A_j\right)\quad\...
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How to characterize the order convergence in Bochner-integrable functions space?

Let $(\Omega,\Sigma,\mu)$ a finite measure space. We want to characterize the order convergence (for sequences) in Bochner integrable functions space $L^1(\mu,X)$, $X$ Banach lattice. In $L^p$ we have:...
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Embedding of a Banach space into a Hilbert space

Let $\mathbb H$ be a Hilbert space and let $\mathbb B$ be a Banach space continuously embedded in $\mathbb H$ and distinct from $\mathbb H$. Is it true in general that $\mathbb B$ is an $F_\sigma$ of ...
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Banach Mazur distance between the cube and the cross-polytope in the dimensions for which a Hadamard matrix exists

The Banach-Mazur distance between two centrally symmetric convex bodies $K,L\in\mathbb{R}^n$ can be defined as $$ d(K,L) = \inf \{ r : \exists T\colon \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n \text{ linear such ...
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Is this Beppo-Levi curl space a Banach space?

Let us define the quotient space: $$ V = \{ \mathbf{u} \in L^2_{loc}(\mathbb{R}^3; \mathbb{R}^3) : \operatorname{curl} \mathbf u \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^3; \mathbb{R}^3) \} / \nabla H^1_{loc}(\mathbb{R}^3)....
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What's the size of non standard monad for weak topology?

There have been several works characterizing weak topology by nonstandard analysis, which give rise to the following monad ($X$ is a Hilbert space): $$\mu(0) = \{y\in{}^{*}X: \forall x\in X ~~ \...
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The weak*-convergence of the summing basis of $c_{0}$

Suppose that $(x_{n})_{n}$ is a sequence in a Banach space $X$. We let $\textrm{clust}_{X^{**}}((x_{n})_{n})$ be collection of all the weak*-limit points of $(x_{n})_{n}$ in $X^{**}$. Let $(e_{n})_{n}$...
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Is the union of good equivalence relations on a compact space good?

Let $X$, $Y_1$ and $Y_2$ be a compact Hausdorff spaces and let $\varphi_i:X\to Y_i$ be a continuous surjection (and so a quotient map). Let $\sim$ be the minimal closed equivalence relation on $X$ ...
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A quantity measuring the separability of Banach spaces

Let $X$ be a Banach space. It is natural for us to introduce a quantity measuring the separability of sets as follows: for a subset $A$ of $X$, we set $\textrm{sep}(A)=\inf\{\epsilon>0: A\subseteq ...
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How do I apply Brouwer fixed-point theorem in this claim?

Let $\zeta:\mathbb{R}\to [0,+\infty)$ be a continuous non-negative function such that $\zeta(0)=0$ and $\tau\mapsto \zeta(\tau)\tau$ is a non-decreasing differentiable function whose derivative is ...
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Functional-analytic proof of the existence of non-symmetric random variables with vanishing odd moments

It is known that a random variable $X$ which is symmetric about $0$ (i.e $X$ and $-X$ have the same distribution) must have all its odd moments (when they exist!) equal to zero. The converse is a ...
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$l_{1}$-block basic sequences in Banach spaces with an unconditional basis

Let $X$ be a Banach space with an unconditional basis $(x_{n})_{n}$. Question. If $X$ contains a subspace isomorphic to $l_{1}$, does $(x_{n})_{n}$ admit a block basic sequence equivalent to the unit ...
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Fréchet vs. Carathéodory differentiability on Banach spaces

It is well-known that in the finite-dimensional case one can use the notion of Fréchet differentiability and Carathéodory differentiability interchangeably. See for example the 194 AMM article Frechet ...
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Regularity of the dependence of the flow on the vector field definining it

Let $M$ be a smooth compact manifold and $k \geqslant 1$. Define $\mathfrak{X}^k(M,TM)$ to be the set of vector fields $M \rightarrow TM$ of class $C^k$. As $M$ is compact, endowing $\mathfrak{X}^k(M,...
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Disintegrations are measurable measures - when are they continuous?

This is a sequel to another question I have asked. The notion of disintegration is a refinement of conditional probability to spaces which have more structure than abstract probability spaces; ...
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Sequence of functions tending to zero in L^2

Let us consider a sequence of functions $f_n : (0,1)\times (0,1) \to \mathbb{R}$ in $L^2((0,1)\times (0,1))$ satisfying the following condition: $$ \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\int_{1/j}^{1 - 1/j}\...
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Decomposition of the Orlicz norm into sequential norm

I am bearing seeking for a sequential decomposition of the norm in Orlicz space. Let me state what is known in the particular case of Lebesgue space $L^p(\Bbb R^d)$. Given $u\in L^p(\Bbb R^d)$ let $$n\...
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Control on dimension of image

Let $f:E\rightarrow F$ be a map between Banach spaces E and F; E finite dimensional (>0) and F infinite dimensional. Let $F$ be equipped with its weak topology and suppose that $f$ is strong-weak ...
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Specific criterion for the sum of two closed sets to be closed

Let $Y$ and $Z$ be two closed subspaces of a Banach space $X$ with $Y\cap Z=\{0\}$. I know that $Y+Z$ is a closed subspace of $X$ $\iff \exists \alpha > 0:\quad \lVert y\rVert \le \alpha\lVert y+z\...
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Is there a topology that makes every basic sequence null?

Let $E$ be a Banach space. Let $F$ be the collection of all $f\in E^*$ such that $\left<f,e_n\right>\to 0$, for every normalized basic sequence $\{e_n\}$. It is easy to see that $F$ is a closed ...
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When is a Banach space a Hilbert space?

Let $\mathcal{X}$ be a real or complex Banach space. It is a well known fact that $\mathcal{X}$ is a Hilbert space (i.e. the norm comes from an inner product) if the parallelogram identity holds. ...
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$C[0,1]$ is not a Grothendieck space

A Banach space $X$ is called a Grothendieck space if $\text{weak}^{*}$-null sequences in $X^{*}$ are weakly null. Some of the classical Grothendieck spaces are the $C(\Omega)$ spaces if $\Omega$ is ...
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Convergence of characteristic functions vs. weak convergence of measures and the Ito-Nisio theorem

In section 2.6 of Linde's Probability in Banach Spaces: Stable and Infinitely Divisible Distributions the author is pointing out that in infinite-dimensional Banach spaces the convergence of ...
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Lower semi-continuity of induced function on sequences

Let $f:X\rightarrow [0,\infty)$ be (resp. weakly) lower semi-continuous on the reflexive Banach space $X$. Let $\ell^p(X)$ denote the space of $p$-summable sequences in $X$, i.e.: $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}...
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Subtracting the weak limit reduces the norm in the limit

Question Let $X$ be some reflexive Banach space. Suppose $x_n$ is some sequence in $X$ that weak converges to some $y \neq 0$. Is it the case that $$ \limsup \|x_n - y\| < \limsup \|x_n\| ?$$ ...
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Weak convergence in the intersection of Lebesgue spaces or Sobolev spaces

Let $B:=B_1\cap B_2\cap...\cap B_n$, where each $B_j$ is a reflexive Lebesgue space or Sobolev space (such as $L^4$, $H^1$, etc.) on a domain in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Then $B$ is a Banach space endowed with ...
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Embedding a normed space as a hyperplane

Let $X$ be a real normed space and suppose that $X$ is a closed hyperplane of a bigger space $\tilde X$. Given any unit vector $u$ in $\tilde X\setminus X$, consider the function $p:X\to\mathbb R$ ...
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Generalizations of the Wiener Tauberian Theorem to Musielak-Orlicz spaces

Musielak-Orlicz spaces provide a generalization of the usual $L^p$ spaces on $(\mathbb{R},\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}))$ to spaces of functions for which the Luxemburg norm $$ \|f\|_M:=\inf\left\{\lambda &...
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Non uniqueness of center of the Banach-Mazur compactum

In "The Banach-Mazur distance to the cube and the Dvoretzky-Rogers factorization" Szarek and Bourgain prove a proportional Dvoretzky-Rogers factorization : Given $1>\delta>0$ , there ...

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