This is an announcement for the paper "Norm attaining operators and
pseudospectrum" by Stanislav Shkarin.
Abstract: It is shown that if $1<p<\infty$ and $X$ is a subspace or a
quotient of an $\ell_p$-direct sum of finite dimensional Banach spaces,
then for any compact operator $T$ on $X$ such that $\|I+T\|>1$, the
operator $I+T$ attains its norm. A reflexive Banach space $X$ and a
bounded rank one operator $T$ on $X$ are constructed such that $\|I+T\|>1$
and $I+T$ does not attain its norm.
Archive classification: math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 47A30, 47A10
Citation: Integral Equations and Operator Theory 64 (2009), 115-136
Submitted from: s.shkarin(a)qub.ac.uk
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1209.1218
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1209.1218
This is an announcement for the paper "Martingale inequalities and
operator space structures on $L_p$" by Gilles Pisier.
Abstract: We describe a new operator space structure on $L_p$ when $p$
is an even integer and compare it with the one introduced in our previous
work using complex interpolation. For the new structure, the Khintchine
inequalities and Burkholder's martingale inequalities have a very natural
form:\ the span of the Rademacher functions is completely isomorphic to
the operator Hilbert space $OH$, and the square function of a martingale
difference sequence $d_n$ is $\Sigma \ d_n\otimes \bar d_n$. Various
inequalities from harmonic analysis are also considered in the same
operator valued framework. Moreover, the new operator space structure
also makes sense for non commutative $L_p$-spaces with analogous results.
Archive classification: math.OA math.FA math.PR
Submitted from: pisier(a)math.jussieu.fr
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1209.1071
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1209.1071
This is an announcement for the paper "Asymptotic geometry of Banach
spaces and uniform quotient maps" by S. J. Dilworth, Denka Kutzarova,
G. Lancien, and N. L. Randrianarivony.
Abstract: Recently, Lima and Randrianarivony pointed out the role of
the property $(\beta)$ of Rolewicz in nonlinear quotient problems,
and answered a ten-year-old question of Bates, Johnson, Lindenstrauss,
Preiss and Schechtman. In the present paper, we prove that the modulus
of asymptotic uniform smoothness of the range space of a uniform quotient
map can be compared with the modulus of $(\beta)$ of the domain space. We
also provide conditions under which this comparison can be improved.
Archive classification: math.FA math.MG
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B80 (Primary), 46B20 (Secondary)
Submitted from: nrandria(a)slu.edu
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1209.0501
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http://arXiv.org/abs/1209.0501
This is an announcement for the paper "On uniform continuity of convex
bodies with respect to measures in Banach spaces" by Anatolij Plichko.
Abstract: Let $\mu$ be a probability measure on a separable Banach space
$X$. A subset $U\subset X$ is $\mu$-continuous if $\mu(\partial U)=0$. In
the paper the $\mu$-continuity and uniform $\mu$-continuity of convex
bodies in $X$, especially of balls and half-spaces, is considered. The
$\mu$-continuity is interesting for study of the Glivenko-Cantelli
theorem in Banach spaces. Answer to a question of F.~Tops{\o}e is given.
Archive classification: math.FA
Submitted from: aplichko(a)pk.edu.pl
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1208.6407
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1208.6407
This is an announcement for the paper "A note on the polynomial
Bohnenblust-Hille inequality" by Daniel Nunez-Alarcon.
Abstract: Recently, in paper published in the Annals of Mathematics,
it was shown that the Bohnenblust-Hille inequality for (complex)
homogeneous polynomials is hypercontractive. However, and to the best
of our knowledge, there is no result providing (nontrivial) lower bounds
for the optimal constants for n-homogeneous polynomials (n > 2). In this
short note we provide lower bounds for these famous constants.
Archive classification: math.FA
Submitted from: danielnunezal(a)gmail.com
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1208.6238
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1208.6238
This is an announcement for the paper "Markov type and threshold
embeddings" by Jian Ding, James R. Lee, and Yuval Peres.
Abstract: For two metric spaces $X$ and $Y$, say that $X$ {\em
threshold-embeds into $Y$} if there exist a number $K > 0$ and a
family of Lipschitz maps $\{\varphi_{\tau} : X \to Y : \tau > 0
\}$ such that for every $x,y \in X$, $$ d_X(x,y) \geq \tau \implies
d_Y(\varphi_{\tau}(x),\varphi_{\tau}(y)) \geq \|\varphi_{\tau}\|_{\Lip}
\tau/K\,, $$ where $\|\varphi_{\tau}\|_{\Lip}$ denotes the Lipschitz
constant of $\varphi_{\tau}$. We show that if a metric space $X$
threshold-embeds into a Hilbert space, then $X$ has Markov type 2. As
a consequence, planar graph metrics and doubling metrics have Markov
type 2, answering questions of Naor, Peres, Schramm, and Sheffield. More
generally, if a metric space $X$ threshold-embeds into a $p$-uniformly
smooth Banach space, then $X$ has Markov type $p$.
The preceding result, together with Kwapien's theorem, is used to show
that if a Banach space threshold-embeds into a Hilbert space then it is
linearly isomorphic to a Hilbert space. This suggests some non-linear
analogs of Kwapien's theorem. For instance, a subset $X \subseteq L_1$
threshold-embeds into Hilbert space if and only if $X$ has Markov type 2.
Archive classification: math.MG math.FA math.PR
Submitted from: jrl(a)cs.washington.edu
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1208.6088
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1208.6088
This is an announcement for the paper "Independent families in Boolean
algebras with some separation" by Piotr Koszmider and Saharon Shelah.
Abstract: We prove that any Boolean algebra with the subsequential
completeness property contains an independent family of size
continuum. This improves a result of Argyros from the 80ties which
asserted the existence of an uncountable independent family. In fact we
prove it for a bigger class of Boolean algebras satisfying much weaker
properties. It follows that the Stone spaces of all such Boolean algebras
contains a copy of the Cech-Stone compactification of the integers and
the Banach space of contnuous functions on them has $l_\infty$ as a
quotient. Connections with the Grothendieck property in Banach spaces
are discussed.
Archive classification: math.LO math.FA math.GN
Submitted from: piotr.math(a)gmail.com
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1209.0177
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1209.0177
This is an announcement for the paper "Almost disjoint families of
countable sets and separable properties" by Jesus Ferrer, Piotr Koszmider,
and Wieslaw Kubis.
Abstract: We study the separable complementation property (SCP) and
its natural variations in Banach spaces of continuous functions over
compacta $K_{\mathcal A}$ induced by almost disjoint families ${\mathcal
A}$ of countable subsets of uncountable sets. For these spaces, we prove
among others that $C(K_{\mathcal A})$ has the controlled variant of the
separable complementation property if and only if $C(K_{\mathcal A})$
is Lindel\"of in the weak topology if and only if $K_{\mathcal A}$ is
monolithic. We give an example of ${\mathcal A}$ for which $C(K_{\mathcal
A})$ has the SCP, while $K_{\mathcal A}$ is not monolithic and an example
of a space $C(K_{\mathcal A})$ with controlled and continuous SCP which
has neither a projectional skeleton nor a projectional resolution of the
identity. Finally, we describe the structure of almost disjoint families
of cardinality $\omega_1$ which induce monolithic spaces of the form $K_{
\mathcal A}$: They can be obtained from countably many ladder systems
and pairwise disjoint families applying simple operations.
Archive classification: math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 46E15, 03E75. Secondary:
46B20, 46B26
Remarks: 21 pages
Submitted from: kubis(a)math.cas.cz
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1209.0199
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1209.0199
This is an announcement for the paper "Every operator has almost-invariant
subspaces" by Alexey I. Popov and Adi Tcaciuc.
Abstract: We show that any bounded operator $T$ on a separable, reflexive,
infinite-dimensional Banach space $X$ admits a rank one perturbation which
has an invariant subspace of infinite dimension and codimension. In the
non-reflexive spaces, we show that the same is true for operators which
have non-eigenvalues in the boundary of their spectrum. In the Hilbert
space, our methods produce perturbations that are also small in norm,
improving on an old result of Brown and Pearcy.
Archive classification: math.FA
Mathematics Subject Classification: 47A15 (Primary) 47A55 (Secondary)
Remarks: 11 pages
Submitted from: atcaciuc(a)ualberta.ca
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1208.5831
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1208.5831
This is an announcement for the paper "A note on the continuous self-maps
of the ladder system space" by Claudia Correa and Daniel V. Tausk.
Abstract: We give a partial characterization of the continuous self-maps
of the ladder system space K_S. Our results show that K_S is highly
nonrigid. We also discuss reasonable notions of "few operators" for
spaces C(K) with scattered K and we show that C(K_S) does not have few
operators for such notions.
Archive classification: math.FA math.GN
Mathematics Subject Classification: 54G12, 46E15
Remarks: 5 pages
Submitted from: tausk(a)ime.usp.br
The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1208.5454
or
http://arXiv.org/abs/1208.5454