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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 up …

Suppose a (separable) Banach space $X$ has the following property: If $P:X\to X$ is a bounded projection different from $I$ such that $\|P\|=1$, then $\|I-P\|=1$. Does this imply that $X$ is a Hilbert …

It is well known that all surjective isometries of $l_p$ for $p\neq 2$ are the signed permutations of the unit vector basis $(e_n)$. Is there a characterization for the linear non-surjective isometrie …

Suppose $X$ is a Banach space with the following property: For any $x\in X$ there exists a two dimensional subspace $E$ isometric with $l_2^2$ such that $x\in E$. Does this property characterize a (se …

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 $(\ …

Does the parallelogram law for vectors of equal length imply the full parallelogram law? That is, if for all norm one vectors $x$ and $y$ in a Banach space $X$ it holds that $\lVert x-y\rVert^2+\lVert …

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 …

Suppose $x$ is a non-zero vector in a Banach space, and $T$ is a fixed operator. Is the following true: For any $\varepsilon, \delta$, there exists $S$ in the commutant of $T$ such that $1\leq\|S\|<1+ …

If $X$ is an infinite dimensional (separable) Banach space, can one find a Hamel basis $(x_\alpha)_{\alpha\in\Lambda}$ such that all coordinate functionals $x_\alpha^*(x_\beta)=\delta_{\alpha,\beta}$ …

Suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are two Banach spaces, $S_{X}$ and $S_{Y}$ their unit spheres, and $f$ an onto isometry between $S_X$ and $S_Y$. Does it follow that $X$ and $Y$ are isometric?

Suppose $X$ is a separable infinite dimensional Banach space, $E$ a finite dimensional subspace which is $c$-complemented in $X$. Is the following true? For any $\varepsilon>0$, one can find $x\notin …

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 is p …

If $Y\subset X^*$ is a closed subspace (where $X$ is a separable Banach space), the preannihilator of $Y$ in $X$ is $Y_{\perp}:=\{x\in X : y^*(x)=0, \forall y^*\in Y \}$. If $Y$ is a proper subspace …

Suppose $X$ is a Banach space not isomorphic to a Hilbert space. Can we always find a subspace of $X$ that is not isomorphic to a quotient of $X$?

If $x_n$ is a normalized, weakly-null sequence in a Banach space, and $\epsilon_n\to 0$, does there exists a non-zero functional $f$ such that $|f(x_n)|<\epsilon_n$ for all $n$?