Let $𝔐$ and $\Re$ be algebras of subsets of a set $\Omega$ with $𝔐\subset \Re$, and denote by $E\left(\mu \right)$ the set of all quasi-measure extensions of a given quasi-measure $\mu$ on $𝔐$ to $\Re$. We give some criteria for order boundedness of $E\left(\mu \right)$ in $ba\left(\Re \right)$, in the general case as well as for atomic $\mu$. Order boundedness implies weak compactness of $E\left(\mu \right)$. We show that the converse implication holds under some assumptions on $𝔐$, $\Re$ and $\mu$ or $\mu$ alone, but not in general.

The space of all order continuous linear functionals on an Orlicz space $L^{\varphi }$ defined by an arbitrary (not necessarily convex) Orlicz function $\varphi$ is described.

We study order convexity and concavity of quasi-Banach Lorentz spaces ${\Lambda }_{p,w}$, where 0 < p < ∞ and w is a locally integrable positive weight function. We show first that ${\Lambda }_{p,w}$ contains an order isomorphic copy of $l^p$. We then present complete criteria for lattice convexity and concavity as well as for upper and lower estimates for ${\Lambda }_{p,w}$. We conclude with a characterization of the type and cotype of ${\Lambda }_{p,w}$ in the case when ${\Lambda }_{p,w}$ is a normable space.

Let $K$ be a compact space and let $C\left(K\right)$ be the Banach lattice of real-valued continuous functions on $K$. We establish eleven conditions equivalent to the strong compactness of the order interval $[0,x]$ in $C\left(K\right)$, including the following ones: (i) $\{x>0\}$ consists of isolated points of $K$; (ii) $[0,x]$ is pointwise compact; (iii) $[0,x]$ is weakly compact; (iv) the strong topology and that of pointwise convergence coincide on $[0,x]$; (v) the strong and weak topologies coincide on $[0,x]$. Moreover, the weak topology and that of pointwise convergence...

Let $𝔐$ and $\Re$ be algebras of subsets of a set $\Omega$ with $𝔐\subset \Re$, and denote by $E\left(\mu \right)$ the set of all quasi-measure extensions of a given quasi-measure $\mu$ on $𝔐$ to $\Re$. We show that $E\left(\mu \right)$ is order bounded if and only if it is contained in a principal ideal in $ba\left(\Re \right)$ if and only if it is weakly compact and $extrE\left(\mu \right)$ is contained in a principal ideal in $ba\left(\Re \right)$. We also establish some criteria for the coincidence of the ideals, in $ba\left(\Re \right)$, generated by $E\left(\mu \right)$ and $extrE\left(\mu \right)$.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 46B20. Secondary 47A99, 46B42.It was shown in [2] that the most natural equalities valid for every rank-one operator T in real Banach spaces lead either to the Daugavet equation ||I+T|| = 1 + ||T|| or to the equation ||I − T|| = ||I+T||. We study if the spaces where the latter condition is satisfied for every finite-rank operator inherit the properties of Daugavet spaces.

In this article we suppose that E is an ordered Banach space whose positive cone is defined by a countable family $ℱ=f_i|i\in \mathbb{N}$ of positive continuous linear functionals on E, i.e. E₊ = x ∈ E | $f_i\left(x\right)\ge 0$ for each i, and we study the existence of positive (Schauder) bases in ordered subspaces X of E with the Riesz decomposition property. We consider the elements x of E as sequences $x=\left(f_i\left(x\right)\right)$ and we develop a process of successive decompositions of a quasi-interior point of X₊ which at each step gives elements with smaller support....

The Rademacher sums are investigated in the BMO space on [0,1]. They span an uncomplemented subspace, in contrast to the dyadic $BM{O}_d$ space on [0,1], where they span a complemented subspace isomorphic to l₂. Moreover, structural properties of infinite-dimensional closed subspaces of the span of the Rademacher functions in BMO are studied and an analog of the Kadec-Pełczyński type alternative with l₂ and c₀ spaces is proved.

The Rademacher sums are investigated in the Cesàro spaces $Ce{s}_p$ (1 ≤ p ≤ ∞) and in the weighted Korenblyum-Kreĭn-Levin spaces $K_{p,w}$ on [0,1]. They span l₂ space in $Ce{s}_p$ for any 1 ≤ p < ∞ and in $K_{p,w}$ if and only if the weight w is larger than $tlog{₂}^{p/2}(2/t)$ on (0,1). Moreover, the span of the Rademachers is not complemented in $Ce{s}_p$ for any 1 ≤ p < ∞ or in $K_{1,w}$ for any quasi-concave weight w. In the case when p > 1 and when w is such that the span of the Rademacher functions is isomorphic to l₂, this span is a complemented...