We give an example of a Banach space X such that K (X, X) is not an ideal in K (X, X**). We prove that if z* is a weak* denting point in the unit ball of Z* and if X is a closed subspace of a Banach space Y, then the set of norm-preserving extensions H B(x* ⊗ z*) ⊆ (Z*, Y)* of a functional x* ⊗ Z* ∈ (Z ⊗ X)* is equal to the set H B(x*) ⊗ {z*}. Using this result, we show that if X is an M-ideal in Y and Z is a reflexive Banach space, then K (Z, X) is an M-ideal in K(Z, Y) whenever K (Z, X) is an ideal in K (Z, Y). We also show that K (Z, X) is an ideal (respectively, an M-ideal) in K (Z, Y) for all Banach spaces Z whenever X is an ideal (respectively, an M-ideal) in Y and X * has the compact approximation property with conjugate operators.

Let K be a compact Hausdorff space and C(K) the Banach space of all real-valued continuous functions on K, with the sup norm. Types over C(K) (in the sense of Krivine and Maurey) are represented here by pairs (l, u) of bounded real-valued functions on K, where l is lower semicontinuous and u is upper semicontinuous, l ≤ u and l(x) = u(x) for every isolated point x of K. For each pair the corresponding type is defined by the equation τ(g) = max{║l + g║∞, ║u + g║∞} for all g ∈ C(K), where ║·║∞ is the sup norm on bounded functions. The correspondence between types and pairs (l, u) is bijective.

Let E be a Banach space whose dual E* has the approximation property, and let m be an index. We show that E* has the Radon-Nikodým property if and only if every m-homogeneous integral polynomial from E into any Banach space is nuclear. We also obtain factorization and composition results for nuclear polynomials.

Let Β1, Β2 be a pair of Banach spaces and T be a vector valued martingale transform (with respect to general filtration) which maps Β1-valued martingales into Β2-valued martingales. Then, the following statements are equivalent: T is bounded from into for some p (or equivalently for every p) in the range 1 < p < ∞; T is bounded from into BMOB2; T is bounded from BMOB1 into BMOB2; T is bounded from into . Applications to UMD and martingale cotype properties are given. We also prove that the Hardy space defined in the case of a general filtration has nice dense sets and nice atomic decompositions if and only if Β has the Radon-Nikodým property.

Composition operators Cτ between Orlicz spaces Lϕ (Ω, Σ, μ) generated by measurable and nonsingular transformations τ from Ω into itself are considered. We characterize boundedness and compactness of the composition operator between Orlicz spaces in terms of properties of the mapping τ, the function ϕ and the measure space (Ω, Σ, μ). These results generalize earlier results known for Lp-spaces.

Let X1, X2, …, XN be Banach spaces and ψ a continuous convex function with some appropriate conditions on a certain convex set in RN−1. Let (X1⊕X2⊕…⊕XN)Ψ be the direct sum of X1, X2, …, XN equipped with the norm associated with Ψ. We characterize the strict, uniform, and locally uniform convexity of (X1 ⊕ X2 ⊕ … ⊕ XN)Ψ; by means of the convex function Ψ. As an application these convexities are characterized for the ℓp, q-sum (X1 ⊕ X2 ⊕ … ⊕ XN)p, q (1 < q ≤ p ≤ ∈, q < ∞), which includes the well-known facts for the ℓp-sum (X1 ⊕ X2 ⊕ … ⊕ XN)p in the case p = q.

In this paper, we present the computation of exact value of nonsquare constants for some types of Orlicz sequence and function spaces. Main results: Let φ(u) be an N-function, φ(t) be the right derivative of φ(u), then we have (i) if φ (t) is concave, then (ii) if φ (t)is convex, then

The integration of vector (and operator) valued functions with respect to vector (and operator) valued measures can be simplified by assuming that the measures involved take values in the positive elements of a Banach lattice.

An operator is said to be nice if its conjugate maps extreme points of the dual unit ball to extreme points. The classical Banach-Stone Theorem says that an isometry from a space of continuous functions on a compact Hausdorff space onto another such space is a weighted composition operator. One common proof of this result uses the fact that an isometry is a nice operator. We use extreme point methods and the notion of centralizer to characterize nice operators as operator weighted compositions on subspaces of spaces of continuous functions with values in a Banach space. Previous characterizations of isometries from a subspace M of C0( Q, X) into C0(K, Y) require Y to be strictly convex, but we are able to obtain some results without that assumption. Important use is made of a vector-valued version of the Choquet Boundary. We also characterize nice operators from one function module to another.

Some geometric properties of Lp spaces are studied which shed light on the prediction of infinite variance processes. In particular, a Pythagorean theorem for Lp is derived. Improved growth rates for the moving average parameters are obtained.

We study the Schur and (weak) Dunford-Pettis properties in Banach lattices. We show that l1, c0 and l∞ are the only Banach symmetric sequence spaces with the weak Dunford-Pettis property. We also characterize a large class of Banach lattices without the (weak) Dunford-Pettis property. In MusielakOrlicz sequence spaces we give some necessary and sufficient conditions for the Schur property, extending the Yamamuro result. We also present a number of results on the Schur property in weighted Orlicz sequence spaces, and, in particular, we find a complete characterization of this property for weights belonging to class ∧. We also present examples of weighted Orlicz spaces with the Schur property which are not L1-spaces. Finally, as an application of the results in sequence spaces, we provide a description of the weak Dunford-Pettis and the positive Schur properties in Orlicz spaces over an infinite non-atomic measure space.

It is shown that Lipschitz quotient mappings between finite dimensional spaces behave nicely (e.g., are bijective in the case of equal dimensions) if the Lipschitz and co-Lipschitz constants are close to each other. For Lipschitz quotient mappings of the plane, a bound for the cardinality of the pre-image of a point in terms of the ratio of the constants is obtained.

The main purpose of this work is to study and apply generalized contact distributions of (inhomogeneous) Boolean models Z with values in the extended convex ring. Given a convex body L ⊂ ℝd and a gauge body B ⊂ ℝd, such a generalized contact distribution is the conditional distribution of the random vector (dB(L,Z),uB(L,Z),pB(L,Z),lB(L,Z)) given that Z∩L = ∅, where Z is a Boolean model, dB(L,Z) is the distance of L from Z with respect to B, pB(L,Z) is the boundary point in L realizing this distance (if it exists uniquely), uB(L,Z) is the corresponding boundary point of B (if it exists uniquely) and lB(L,·) may be taken from a large class of locally defined functionals. In particular, we pursue the question of the extent to which the spatial density and the grain distribution underlying an inhomogeneous Boolean model Z are determined by the generalized contact distributions of Z.

It is shown that it is possible to extend α Hölder maps from subsets of Lp to Lq (1 < p, q ≤ 2) isometrically if and only if α≤p/q*, and isomorphically if and only if α≤p/2. It is also proved that the set of αs which allow an isomorphic extension for α Hölder maps from subsets of X to Y is monotone when Y is a dual Banach space. Finally, the isometric and isomorphic extension problems for Hölder functions between Lp and Lq is studied for general p, q ≥ 1, and a question posed by K. Ball is solved by showing that it is not true that all Lipschitz maps from subsets of Hilbert space into normed spaces extend to the whole of Hilbert space.

Let ℳ be the collection of all intersections of balls, considered as a subset of the hyperspace ℳ of all closed, convex and bounded sets of a Banach space, furnished with the Hausdorff metric. It is proved that ℳ is uniformly very porous if and only if the space fails the Mazur intersection property.

In this paper, it is proved that, for any m unit vectors. x1…, xm in any n-dimensional real Hilbert space, there exists a unit vector x0 such that

for any y∈Sn−1. The exact value of the above integral is calculated, and these results used to improve some lower bounds for multilinear forms on real Hilbert spaces. An integral expression is also given for the complex case.

In [4], we investigated the spaces of continuous functions on countable products of compact Hausdorff spaces. Our main object here is to extend the discussion to arbitrary products of compact Hausdorff spaces. We prove the following theorems in Section 3.

Given a Banach space X and a norming subspace Z⊂X*, a geometrical method is introduced to characterize the existence of an equivalent σ(X, Z)-lsc LUR norm on X. A new simple proof of the Theorem of Troyanski: every rotund space with a Kadec norm is LUR renormable, and a generalization of the Moltó, Orihuela and Troyanski characterization of the LUR renormability, are provided without probability arguments. Among other applications, it is shown that a dual Banach space with a w*-Kadec norm admits a dual LUR norm.

We present an operator algebraic approach to Wigner's unitary-antiunitary theorem using some classical results from ring theory. To show how effective this approach is, we prove a generalization of this celebrated theorem for Hilbert modules over matrix algebras. We also present a Wigner-type result for maps on prime C*-algebras.

Hilbert spaces of analytic functions generated by rotationally symmetric measures on disks and annuli are studied. A domination relation between function norm and weighted sums of integral means on circles is developed. The function norm and the weighted sum take the same value for a specified class of polynomials. This class can be varied according to two parameters. Parts of the construction carry over to other Banach spaces of analytic of harmonic functions. Counterexamples illuminating properties of the complex method of interpolation appear as a byproduct.