Every frame in Hilbert space contains a subsequence equivalent to an orthogonal basis. If a frame is n-dimensional then this subsequence has length (1 - ε)n. On the other hand, there is a frame which does not contain bases with brackets.

It is shown that if a Banach space X is not isomorphic to a Hilbert space then the spaces ℓ₂(X) and Rad(X) contain a subspace Z without local unconditional structure, and therefore without an unconditional basis. Moreover, if X is of cotype r < ∞, then a subspace Z of ℓ₂(X) can be constructed without local unconditional structure but with 2-dimensional unconditional decomposition, hence also with basis.

We show that if X is an infinite-dimensional Banach space in which every finite-dimensional subspace is λ-complemented with λ ≤ 2 then X is (1 + C√(λ-1))-isomorphic to a Hilbert space, where C is an absolute constant; this estimate (up to the constant C) is best possible. This answers a question of Kadets and Mityagin from 1973. We also investigate the finite-dimensional versions of the theorem.

The main result of this paper states that if a Banach space X has the property that every bounded operator from an arbitrary subspace of X into an arbitrary Banach space of cotype 2 extends to a bounded operator on X, then every operator from X to an L₁-space factors through a Hilbert space, or equivalently $B({\ell }_{\infty },X*)=\Pi ₂({\ell }_{\infty },X*)$. If in addition X has the Gaussian average property, then it is of type 2. This implies that the same conclusion holds if X has the Gordon-Lewis property (in particular X could be a Banach...

It is shown that there is a subspace $Z_q$ of ${\ell }_q$ for $1<q<2$ which is isomorphic to ${\ell }_q$ such that ${\ell }_q/Z_q$ does not have the approximation property. On the other hand, for $2<p<\infty$ there is a subspace $Y_p$ of ${\ell }_p$ such that $Y_p$ does not have the approximation property (AP) but the quotient space ${\ell }_p/Y_p$ is isomorphic to ${\ell }_p$. The result is obtained by defining random “Enflo-Davie spaces” $Y_p$ which with full probability fail AP for all $2<p\le \infty$ and have AP for all $1\le p\le 2$. For $1<p\le 2$, $Y_p$ are isomorphic to ${\ell }_p$.

We consider two operator space versions of type and cotype, namely $S_p$-type, $S_q$-cotype and type (p,H), cotype (q,H) for a homogeneous Hilbertian operator space H and 1 ≤ p ≤ 2 ≤ q ≤ ∞, generalizing “OH-cotype 2” of G. Pisier. We compute type and cotype of some Hilbertian operator spaces and $L_p$ spaces, and we investigate the relationship between a homogeneous Hilbertian space H and operator spaces with cotype (2,H). As applications we consider operator space versions of generalized little Grothendieck’s...

 We prove a geometric characterization of Banach space stability. We show that a Banach space X is stable if and only if the following condition holds. Whenever $\widehat{X}$ is an ultrapower of X and B is a ball in $\widehat{X}$, the intersection B ∩ X can be uniformly approximated by finite unions and intersections of balls in X; furthermore, the radius of these balls can be taken arbitrarily close to the radius of B, and the norm of their centers arbitrarily close to the norm of the center of B.  The preceding condition...

In the first part of the paper we prove some new result improving all those already known about the equivalence of the nonexistence of a projection (of any norm) onto the space of compact operators and the containment of $c_0$ in the same space of compact operators. Then we show several results implying that the space of compact operators is uncomplemented by norm one projections in larger spaces of operators. The paper ends with a list of questions naturally rising from old results and the results...

The concept of uniform convexity of a Banach space was gen- eralized to linear operators between Banach spaces and studied by Beauzamy [1]. Under this generalization, a Banach space X is uniformly convex if and only if its identity map Ix is. Pisier showe

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.

There exists an absolute constant $c_0$ such that for any n-dimensional Banach space E there exists a k-dimensional subspace F ⊂ E with k≤ n/2 such that $in{f}_{ellipsoid\epsilon \subset B_E}{(vol\left(B_E\right)/vol\left(\epsilon \right))}^{1/n}\le c_{0}in{f}_{zonoidZ\subset B_F}{(vol\left(B_F\right)/vol\left(Z\right))}^{1/k}$ . The concept of volume ratio with respect to ${\ell }_p$-spaces is used to prove the following distance estimate for $2\le q\le p<\infty$: $su{p}_{F\subset {\ell }_p,dimF=n}in{f}_{G\subset L_q,dimG=n}d(F,G){\sim }_{c_{pq}}{n}^{(q/2)(1/q-1/p)}$.

The geometry of random projections of centrally symmetric convex bodies in ${ℝ}^N$ is studied. It is shown that if for such a body K the Euclidean ball $B{₂}^N$ is the ellipsoid of minimal volume containing it and a random n-dimensional projection $B=P_H\left(K\right)$ is “far” from $P_H\left(B{₂}^N\right)$ then the (random) body B is as “rigid” as its “distance” to $P_H\left(B{₂}^N\right)$ permits. The result holds for the full range of dimensions 1 ≤ n ≤ λN, for arbitrary λ ∈ (0,1).

Lower estimates for weak distances between finite-dimensional Banach spaces of the same dimension are investigated. It is proved that the weak distance between a random pair of n-dimensional quotients of $\ell {₁}^{n²}$ is greater than or equal to c√(n/log³n).

Banach space theory splits into several subtheories. On the one hand, there are an isometric and an isomorphic part; on the other hand, we speak of global and local aspects. While the concepts of isometry and isomorphy are clear, everybody seems to have its own interpretation of what "local theory" means. In this essay we analyze this situation and propose rigorous definitions, which are based on new concepts of local representability of operators.