Sobczyk's theorem asserts that every c₀-valued operator defined on a separable Banach space can be extended to every separable superspace. This paper is devoted to obtaining the most general vector valued version of the theorem, extending and completing previous results of Rosenthal, Johnson-Oikhberg and Cabello. Our approach is homological and nonlinear, transforming the problem of extension of operators into the problem of approximating z-linear maps by linear maps.
Lindenstrauss-Pełczyński (for short ℒ) spaces were introduced by these authors [Studia Math. 174 (2006)] as those Banach spaces X such that every operator from a subspace of c₀ into X can be extended to the whole c₀. Here we obtain the following structure theorem: a separable Banach space X is an ℒ-space if and only if every subspace of c₀ is placed in X in a unique position, up to automorphisms of X. This, in combination with a result of Kalton [New York J. Math. 13 (2007)], provides a negative...
We consider some stability aspects of the classical problem of extension of C(K)-valued operators. We introduce the class ℒ of Banach spaces of Lindenstrauss-Pełczyński type as those such that every operator from a subspace of c₀ into them can be extended to c₀. We show that all ℒ-spaces are of type but not conversely. Moreover, -spaces will be characterized as those spaces E such that E-valued operators from w*(l₁,c₀)-closed subspaces of l₁ extend to l₁. Regarding examples we will show that...
We study different aspects of the representation of weak*-compact convex sets of the bidual X** of a separable Banach space X via a nested sequence of closed convex bounded sets of X.
This paper deals with a few, not widely known, aspects of Kottman's constant of a Banach space and its symmetric and finite variations. We will consider their behaviour under ultrapowers, relations with other parameters such as Whitley's or James' constant, and connection with the extension of c₀-valued Lipschitz maps.
We prove that no ultraproduct of Banach spaces via a countably incomplete ultrafilter can contain c₀ complemented. This shows that a "result" widely used in the theory of ultraproducts is wrong. We then amend a number of results whose proofs have been infected by that statement. In particular we provide proofs for the following statements: (i) All M-spaces, in particular all C(K)-spaces, have ultrapowers isomorphic to ultrapowers of c₀, as also do all their complemented subspaces isomorphic to their...
We exhibit new examples of weakly compact strictly singular operators with dual not strictly cosingular and characterize the weakly compact strictly singular surjections with strictly cosingular adjoint as those having strictly singular bitranspose. We then obtain new examples of super-strictly singular quotient maps and show that the strictly singular quotient maps in Kalton-Peck sequences are not super-strictly singular.
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