This is an announcement for the paper “Antipodal sets in infinite dimensional Banach spaces” by Eftychios Glakousakis<https://arxiv.org/find/math/1/au:+Glakousakis_E/0/1/0/all/0/1>, Sophocles Mercourakis<https://arxiv.org/find/math/1/au:+Mercourakis_S/0/1/0/all/0/1>.
Abstract: The following strengthening of the Elton-Odell theorem on the existence of a $(1+\epsilon)$−separated sequences in the unit sphere $S_X$ of an infinite dimensional Banach space $X$ is proved: There exists an infinite subset $S\subset S_X$ and a constant$d>1$, satisfying the property that for every $x, y\in S$ with $x\neq y$ there exists $f\in B_{X^*}$ such that $d\leq f(x)-f(y)$ and $f(y)\leq f(z)\leq f(x)$, for all $z\in S$.
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02002
This is an announcement for the paper “Locally convex spaces and Schur type properties” by Saak Gabriyelyan<https://arxiv.org/find/math/1/au:+Gabriyelyan_S/0/1/0/all/0/1>.
Abstract: We extend Rosenthal's characterization of Banach spaces with the Schur property to a wide class of locally convex spaces (lcs) strictly containing the class of Fr\'{e}chet spaces by showing that for an lcs $E$ from this class the following conditions are equivalent: (1) $E$ has the Schur property, (2) $E$ and $E_w$ have the same sequentially compact sets, where $E_w$ is the space $E$ with the weak topology, (3) $E$ and $E_w$ have the same compact sets, (4) $E$ and $E_w$ have the same countably compact sets, (5) $E$ and $E_w$ have the same pseudocompact sets, (6) $E$ and $E_w$ have the same functionally bounded sets, (7) every bounded non-precompact sequence in $E$ has a subsequence which is equivalent to the unit basis of $\ell_1$. We show that for a quasi-complete lcs conditions (3)-(6) are equivalent to (8) every non-precompact bounded subset of $E$ has an infinite subset which is discrete and $C$-embedded in $E_w$. We prove that every real locally convex space is a quotient space of an lcs $E$ satisfying conditions (1)-(5).
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.01992
This is an announcement for the paper “Concerning $q$-summable Szlenk index” by Ryan M. Causey<https://arxiv.org/find/math/1/au:+Causey_R/0/1/0/all/0/1>.
Abstract: For each ordinal $\xi$ and each $1\leq q<\infty$, we define the notion of $\xi$-$q$-summable Szlenk index. When $\xi=0$ and $q=1$, this recovers the usual notion of summable Szlenk index. We define for an arbitrary weak$^*$-compact set a transfinite, asymptotic analogue $a_{\xi, p}$ of the martingale type norm of an operator. We prove that this quantity is determined by norming sets and determines $\xi$-Szlenk power type and $\xi$-$q$-summability of Szlenk index. This fact allows us to prove that the behavior of operators under the $a_{\xi, p}$ seminorms passes in the strongest way to injective tensor products of Banach spaces. Furthermore, we combine this fact with a result of Schlumprecht to prove that a separable Banach space with good behavior with respect to the $a_{\xi, p}$ seminorm can be embedded into a Banach space with a shrinking basis and the same behavior under $a_{\xi, p}$, and in particular it can be embedded into a Banach space with a shrinking basis and the same $\xi$-Szlenk power type. Finally, we completely elucidate the behavior of the $a_{\xi, p}$ seminorms under $\ell_r$ direct sums. This allows us to give an alternative proof of a result of Brooker regarding Szlenk indices of $\ell_p$ and $c_0$ direct sums of operators.
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.00033