Let $G$ be a locally compact abelian group and $C{V}_p\left(G\right)$$(1\le p\le 2)$ be the space of bounded convolution...

We establish new connections between some classes of lacunary sets. The main tool is the use of (p,q)-summing or weakly compact operators (for Riesz sets). This point of view provides new properties of stationary sets and allows us to generalize to more general abelian groups than the torus some properties of p-Sidon sets. We also construct some new classes of Riesz sets.

We investigate several aspects of almost 1-unconditionality. We characterize the metric unconditional approximation property (umap) in terms of “block unconditionality”. Then we focus on translation invariant subspaces $L_E^p\left(\right)$ and $C_E\left(\right)$ of functions on the circle and express block unconditionality as arithmetical conditions on E. Our work shows that the spaces $p_E\left(\right)$, p an even integer, have a singular behaviour from the almost isometric point of view: property (umap) does not interpolate between $L_E^p\left(\right)$ and $L_E^{p+2}\left(\right)$. These...