Some new properties of the stationary sets (defined by G. Pisier in [12]) are studied. Some arithmetical conditions are given, leading to the non-stationarity of the prime numbers. It is shown that any stationary set is a set of continuity. Some examples of "large" stationary sets are given, which are not sets of uniform convergence.
We introduce and study the spreading-(s) and the spreading-(u) property of a Banach space and their relations. A space has the spreading-(s) property if every normalized weakly null sequence has a subsequence with a spreading model equivalent to the usual basis of ; while it has the spreading-(u) property if every weak Cauchy and non-weakly convergent sequence has a convex block subsequence with a spreading model equivalent to the summing basis of . The main results proved are the following: (a)...
We study positive linear Volterra integro-differential equations in Banach lattices. A characterization of positive equations is given. Furthermore, an explicit spectral criterion for uniformly asymptotic stability of positive equations is presented. Finally, we deal with problems of robust stability of positive systems under structured perturbations. Some explicit stability bounds with respect to these perturbations are given.
If every member of a class P of Banach spaces has a projectional resolution of the identity such that certain subspaces arising out of this resolution are also in the class P, then it is proved that every Banach space in P has a strong M-basis. Consequently, every weakly countably determined space, the dual of every Asplund space, every Banach space with an M-basis such that the dual unit ball is weak* angelic and every C(K) space for a Valdivia compact set K , has a strong M-basis.
Let X be a Banach space and Y a closed subspace. We obtain simple geometric characterizations of Phelps' property U for Y in X (that every continuous linear functional g ∈ Y* has a unique norm-preserving extension f ∈ X*), which do not use the dual space X*. This enables us to give an intrinsic geometric characterization of preduals of strictly convex spaces close to the Beauzamy-Maurey-Lima-Uttersrud criterion of smoothness. This also enables us to prove that the U-property of the subspace K(E,F)...
This paper mainly concerns the topological nature of uniformly convexifiable sets in general Banach spaces: A sufficient and necessary condition for a bounded closed convex set C of a Banach space X to be uniformly convexifiable (i.e. there exists an equivalent norm on X which is uniformly convex on C) is that the set C is super-weakly compact, which is defined using a generalization of finite representability. The proofs use appropriate versions of classical theorems, such as James' finite tree...