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Do (Banach) ultrapowers carry some sort of 'elementary equivalence'?
The (model-theoretic) ultrapowers had been used for studying elementary equivalnce of first-order structures. Then, they have been adapted to Banach spaces, which are, let me say, second-order ...
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Wildly discontinuous linear functionals
Let $X$ be a Banach space, $H\subseteq X$ be a dense hyperplane, and $f$ be a continuous linear functional defined on $H$. Then $f$ is uniformly continuous and hence it admits a unique continuous ...
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Compact non-nuclear operators
I am not sure if this question makes sense, or if it is trivial, but does there exists an infinite dimensional Banach space (necessarily without the approximation property) such that no compact, non-...
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Hahn Banach type extension of a Lipschitz map
The problem that I posted was a much generalized form of what I had in my mind. All I want to know the literature of Hahn-Banach type extension of Lipschitz map. I know only about the result by ...
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Is any continuous linear operator from a dual Banach space to a separable Hilbert space the strong-operator limit of a net of adjoint operators of less or equal norm ?
Let $E$ be an arbitrary Banach space and let $T:E^{*}\rightarrow\ell^{2}$
be a linear continuous operator. Is it true that $T$ must be the
$so$-limit (i.e., limit w.r.t. the strong operator topology) ...
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Quotients of $c_0$ that are complemented in $c_0$
Suppose $X$ is a closed subspace of $c_0$ with an unconditional basis and suppose also that it is a quotient of $c_0$. Is $X$ also a complemented subspace of $c_0$?
An affirmative answer implies that $...
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Dual Banach space $X^*$ complemented in $\mathrm{Lip}_0(X)$?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Lip{Lip}$Let $X$ be a real Banach space. The dual $X^*$ is a closed subspace of $\Lip_0(X)$. ($\Lip_0(X)$ denotes the space of real-valued Lipschitz functions $f:X\to\mathbb{R}$ ...
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Comparison of two versions of fractional Sobolev spaces: do we have $W^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})=H^{s,p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$?
There are two versions of fractional Sobolev spaces.
Definition 1: (Via Gagliardo semi-norm) Let $1\leq p\leq +\infty$, $0<s<1$ and let $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set. The ...
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Isomorphic embedding of $l^n_{\infty}$ into $l_1^m$?
Given $n$, is there a $C(n)$-isomorphic embedding of $l^n_{\infty}$ into $l^m_1$ for sufficiently large $m$ and $C(n)<<\log(n)$?
For $n=2$ this can done with $m=2$. There are some results about $...
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Contact points for John's ellipsoid
Suppose $K$ is a centrally symmetric convex body in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $E$ is the John's ellipsoid, the ellipsoid of maximal volume inside $K$.
If $E$ and $K$ have exactly $2n$ contact points, say $(\...
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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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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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Space of compact operators defined on separable Hilbert space
Let $X$ be a separable Banach space and consider $\mathcal{K}(X)$ the space of compact operators $K\colon X \rightarrow X$. Is it true that the space $\mathcal{K}(X)$ is separable? If yes, why? If no, ...
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Are bounded sets always weakly metrizable in reflexive separable spaces?
It is known that if a Banach space is reflexive and separable, its unit ball is weakly metrizable.
My question is about the generalization of this property :
1) Is it true that for all reflexive ...
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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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How big is the class of all closed range bounded linear operator?
Let $X$ and $Y$ be Banach spaces and let $CR(X,Y)$ denote the set $B(X,Y)$ of all bounded linear maps from $X$ to $Y$ with $T(X)$ closed in $Y$. Certainly $CR(X,Y)$ is not open in $B(X,Y)$ as given ...
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An extremal property of points on the unit sphere of a 2-dimensional Banach space
Let $(X,\|\cdot\|)$ be a 2-dimensional real Banach space and $S=\{x\in X:\|x\|=1\}$ be its unit sphere. Assume that $S$ is smooth in the sense that for any $y\in S$ there exists a unique functional $y^...
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Contractively complemented subspaces of $c_0(I)$
Does every contractively complemented subspace of $c_0(I)$ is isometric to $c_0(J)$ for some $J\subseteq I$?
May be someone has a counterexample?
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What Approximation Property does the space of Schatten-p class operators have?
Background
This is a follow-up question to:
What (classes of) Banach spaces are known to have Schauder basis?
In the previous question, I asked about what spaces are known to have Schauder basis. It ...
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Can we distinguish the algebraic and continuous duals of a Banach space without choice (or HBT)?
The algebraic dual of a normed vector space is the space of all linear functionals to the ground field (either $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$ for this question). The continuous dual is the subspace of ...
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Large ideally convex sets
Let $E$ be a Banach space. A set $C \subseteq E$ is called ideally convex if for every bounded sequence $(x_n)$ in $C$ and for every sequence $(\lambda_n)$ in $[0,1]$ that sums up to $1$ the vector $\...
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Quasinilpotent , non-compact operators
If $X$ is a separable Banach space and $(\epsilon_n)\downarrow 0$, can we find a quasinilpotent, non-compact operator on $X$ such that $||T^n||^{1/n}<\epsilon_n$ for all $n$? I suspect the answer ...
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How can we show that $E\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:E$ is isomorphic to a subspace of $\left(E'\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:E'\right)'$?
Let
$E$ be a $\mathbb R$-Banach space
$E\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:E$ denote the projective tensor product
How can we show that $E\:\hat\otimes_\pi\:E$ is isomorphic to a subspace of $\left(E'\:\hat\...
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The Bochner integral about a semigroup of bounded linear operators on a Banach space
Let $T(t)$ be a semigroup of bounded linear operators on a Banach space $X$. When does the following hold
$$
\int_0^t T(s)x ds = \Big(\int_0^t T(s) ds\Big)x, \quad x \in X \, ,
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where $ t \in (0,1)$?...
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On the coincidence (or non-coincidence) of two norms defined on the quotient of a given Hilbert $ C^{\ast} $-module by a certain linear subspace
Let $ A $ be a $ C^{\ast} $-algebra, $ I $ a closed two-sided ideal of $ A $, and $ \mathcal{E} $ a Hilbert $ A $-module. Let
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Is X+X finitely representable in X?
I wonder if the following assertion in true:
Conjecture. Let $X,Y,Z$ be infinite-dimensional Banach spaces such that both $Y$ and $Z$ are crudely finitely representable (c.f.r. for short) in $X$. ...
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Biorthogonal functionals
If $X$ is a separable Banach space and $(x_n)$ is a basic sequence, then we can define biorthogonal functionals $(x^{*}_n)$ in $X^{*}$ such that $x^{*}_n(x_k)=\delta_{nk}$.
What about conversely? If ...
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Infinite dimensional subspaces of $L^1$
Suppose that $X$ is an infinite dimensional subspace of $L^{1}$. In some cases it is true that $X$ contains an isomorphic copy of an infinite dimensional Hilbert space. However, it is not the case ...
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Projections which are not completely bounded
There are 'canonical' examples of maps on operator spaces which are not completely bounded. Nevertheless, I couldn't produce any examples of bounded projections on relatively easy to understand ...
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Weak convergence implying norm convergence
A surprising (to me) consequence of Hahn-Banach is that when a sequence converges weakly then there is another sequence made of (finite) convex combination which converges in norm (to the same element)...
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Bounds on dimension of a subspace
Let $I=(0,1)$ and let $C>1$ be a constant. Let $L^2(I)$ and $H^1(I)$ be the standard Sobolev spaces on $I$. Suppose that $U$ is a subspace of $H^1(I)$ with the additional property that:
$$ \| u\|_{...
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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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Subprojective Orlicz sequence spaces
A Banach space $X$ is subprojective if every infinite dimensional closed subspace $Y$ of $X$ contains an infinite dimensional subspace $Z$ which is complemented in $X$.
I am interested in conditions ...
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Can $L^1_{loc}$ be represented as colimit?
Let $L^1_{loc}$ denote the set of all functions from $\mathbb{R}$ to itself which are locally integrable. For every infinite compact subset $K\subseteq \mathbb{R}$, let $L^1_{m_K}$ denote the space ...
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Subsequences of an orthonormal basis generating a strongly embedded subspace in $L_2(0,1)$
A closed subspace $M$ of $L_2(0,1)$ is said to be strongly embedded if the norms $\|\cdot\|_2$ and $\|\cdot\|_1$ are equivalent on $M$.
Let $(f_n)_{n\in \mathbb N}$ be a orthonormal basis of $L_2(...
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Complemented subspaces of Lorentz sequence spaces?
Let $d(\textbf{w},p)$, $1\leq p<\infty$, denote the Lorentz sequence space, where $\textbf{w}=(w_n)_{n=1}^\infty\in c_0\setminus\ell_1$ is a normalized decreasing weight.
Is there very much known ...
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Location of a Banach Space inside its bidual
Let $X$ be a Banach Space and let $Y$ be a closed subspace of $X^{**}$ such that $X\bigcap Y=0$. Let $P$ be the quotient map from $X^{**}$ onto $X^{**}/ Y$. I need to prove or refute that $P\left|_{X}\...
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Is $H^\infty$ a second dual space?
Let $H^\infty$ denote the Banach space of all bounded analytic functions on the open disc $\mathbb{D}$. It is easy to see that $H^\infty$ is a dual space. However, is there a Banach sapce $Y$ such ...
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Banach-Mazur distance to complex $\ell^1$ of a space containing real $\ell^1$
Consider a complex Banach space $X$ with a real subspace isometric to $\ell^1_{\mathbb R}$. What is the best constant $c$ such that $X$ contains a complex subspace $c$-isometric to $\ell^1_{\mathbb C}$...
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Is any order bounded continuous linear functionals a difference of positive continuous functionals?
Let $B$ be a Banach space and $K$ a closed proper cone in $B$ such that the induced partial order makes $B$ a vector lattice. Let $K'=\{x^*\in B':\langle x^*, x\rangle\geq 0\ \forall x\in K\}$ the ...
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Compactness in trace class operators space
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space. Let $L_1$ denote the space of trace class operators on $H$ with the trace-class norm $\|\cdot\|_1$, i.e. $\|K\|_1=Tr|K|$ for all $K\in L_1$.
Are there easy ...
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On a property for normed spaces
I asked this question on Math Stackexchange, but I didn't get an answer:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4881155/on-a-property-for-normed-spaces?noredirect=1#comment10410489_4881155
I came ...
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Arens regularity of $\mathrm{BV}(\mathbb{R})$
$\DeclareMathOperator\BV{BV}$A Banach algebra $A$ is called Arens regular if the two canonical multiplications on the double dual $A^{**}$ coincide. Let $\BV(\mathbb{R})$ denote the Banach algebra of ...
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How complex is the orbit equivalence relation of $\mathrm{Iso}_0(X)\curvearrowright S_X$ for $X=L^p([0,1])$?
For a Banach space $X$ let $S_X$ denote its unit sphere and let $\mathrm{Iso}_0(X)$ denote the group of rotations of $X$, that is isometries fixing the origin. There is a natural continuous action $\...
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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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reference request: unbounded operators on normed spaces
I'm looking for books where the theory (basic properties, adjoints etc.) of unbounded linear operators between locally convex spaces or at least Banach spaces is developed. In Brezis' functional ...
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What is a name for co-Sobczyk Banach spaces?
Definition. Let us define a Banach space $X$ to be co-Sobczyk if every linear bounded operator $T:Z\to c_0$ defined on a separable subspace $Z$ of $X$ extends to a bounded operator $\bar T:X\to c_0$.
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Covering compactness in the weak sequential topology
Let $X$ be a real Banach space. Apart from the norm topology, we can consider the following weak topologies on $X$:
the weak toplogy, defined as the initial topology with respect to $X^*$. In other ...
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Compact operators on $\ell^1$
Let $T$ be a compact symmetric operator on $\ell^2$ and $T\vert_{\ell^1}$ be bounded on $\ell^1$. Are there any non-trivial conditions that $T\vert_{\ell^1}$ is compact as well (for example would $T$ ...
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Sequential closure of a set: standard terminology, notation, and properties
Let $X$ be a topological vector space (or, perhaps, more generally uniform space). Let $A\subset X$ be a subset. Let $A^s$ denote the set of limits of all convergent sequences (I guess $A^s$ is called ...
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