Let X be a Banach space, $B\subset B_{X*}$ a norming set and (X,B) the topology on X of pointwise convergence on B. We study the following question: given two (non-negative, countably additive and finite) measures μ₁ and μ₂ on Baire(X,w) which coincide on Baire(X,(X,B)), does it follow that μ₁ = μ₂? It turns out that this is not true in general, although the answer is affirmative provided that both μ₁ and μ₂ are convexly τ-additive (e.g. when X has the Pettis Integral Property). For a Banach space Y not containing...

Let G be a locally compact abelian group and let X be a translation invariant linear subspace of L¹(G). If G is noncompact, then there is at most one Banach space topology on X that makes translations on X continuous. In fact, the Banach space topology on X is determined just by a single nontrivial translation in the case where the dual group Ĝ is connected. For G compact we show that the problem of determining a Banach space topology on X by considering translation operators on X is closely related...

We give counterexamples to a conjecture of Bourgain, Casazza, Lindenstrauss and Tzafriri that if X has a unique unconditional basis (up to permutation) then so does $c_0\left(X\right)$. We also give some positive results including a simpler proof that $c_0\left({\ell }_1\right)$ has a unique unconditional basis and a proof that $c_0\left({\ell }_{p_n}^{N_n}\right)$ has a unique unconditional basis when $p_n￬1$, $N_{n+1}\ge 2N_n$ and $(p_n-p_{n+1})log{N}_n$ remains bounded.

We prove that if 0 < p < 1 then a normalized unconditional basis of a complemented subspace of $c_0\left(l_p\right)$ must be equivalent to a permutation of a subset of the canonical unit vector basis of $c_0\left(l_p\right)$. In particular, $c_0\left(l_p\right)$ has unique unconditional basis up to permutation. Bourgain, Casazza, Lindenstrauss, and Tzafriri have previously proved the same result for $c_0\left(l₁\right)$.

We prove that the quasi-Banach spaces ${\ell }_p\left(c₀\right)$ and ${\ell }_p\left(\ell ₂\right)$ (0 < p < 1) have a unique unconditional basis up to permutation. Bourgain, Casazza, Lindenstrauss and Tzafriri have previously proved that the same is true for the respective Banach envelopes $\ell ₁\left(c₀\right)$ and ℓ₁(ℓ₂). They used duality techniques which are not available in the non-locally convex case.

On appelle pré-sous-groupe d’un unitaire multiplicatif $V$ agissant sur un espace hilbertien de dimension finie $\mathscr{H}$ une droite vectorielle $L$ de $\mathscr{H}$ telle que $V(L\otimes L)=L\otimes L$. Nous montrons que les pré-sous-groupes sont en nombre fini, donnons un équivalent du théorème de Lagrange et généralisons à ce cadre la construction du “bi-produit croisé”. De plus, nous établissons des bijections entre pré-sous-groupes et sous-algèbres coïdéales de l’algèbre de Hopf associée à $V$, et donc, d’après Izumi, Longo, Popa, avec les...

In this paper, we consider the classification of unital extensions of $AF$-algebras by their six-term exact sequences in $K$-theory. Using the classification theory of $C^{*}$-algebras and the universal coefficient theorem for unital extensions, we give a complete characterization of isomorphisms between unital extensions of $AF$-algebras by stable Cuntz algebras. Moreover, we also prove a classification theorem for certain unital extensions of $AF$-algebras by stable purely infinite simple $C^{*}$-algebras with nontrivial...

A unital commutative Banach algebra is spectrally separable if for any two distinct non-zero multiplicative linear functionals φ and ψ on it there exist a and b in such that ab = 0 and φ(a)ψ(b) ≠ 0. Spectrally separable algebras are a special subclass of strongly harmonic algebras. We prove that a unital commutative Banach algebra is spectrally separable if there are enough elements in such that the corresponding multiplication operators on have the decomposition property (δ). On the other hand,...

Let ℳ be a semi-finite factor and let 𝓙(ℳ ) be the set of operators T in ℳ such that T = ETE for some finite projection E. We obtain a representation theorem for unitarily invariant norms on 𝓙(ℳ ) in terms of Ky Fan norms. As an application, we prove that the class of unitarily invariant norms on 𝓙(ℳ ) coincides with the class of symmetric gauge norms on a classical abelian algebra, which generalizes von Neumann's classical 1940 result on unitarily invariant norms on Mₙ(ℂ). As another application,...

In a Banach algebra an invertible element which has norm one and whose inverse has norm one is called unitary. The algebra is unitary if the closed convex hull of the unitary elements is the closed unit ball. The main examples are the C*-algebras and the ℓ₁ group algebra of a group. In this paper, different characterizations of unitary algebras are obtained in terms of numerical ranges, dentability and holomorphy. In the process some new characterizations of C*-algebras are given.