This is an announcement for the paper "Approximation by smooth
functions with no critical points on separable Banach spaces" by
D. Azagra and M. Jimenez-Sevilla.
Abstract: We characterize the class of separable Banach spaces $X$
such that for every continuous function $f:X\to\mathbb{R}$ and for
every continuous function $\varepsilon:X\to\mathbb(0,+\infty)$ there
exists a $C^1$ smooth function $g:X\to\mathbb{R}$ for which
$|f(x)-g(x)|\leq\varepsilon(x)$ and $g'(x)\neq 0$ for all $x\in X$
(that is, $g$ has no critical points), as those Banach spaces $X$
with separable dual $X^*$. We also state sufficient conditions on
a separable Banach space so that the function $g$ can be taken to
be of class $C^p$, for $p=1,2,..., +\infty$. In particular, we
obtain the optimal order of smoothness of the approximating functions
with no critical points on the classical spaces $\ell_p(\mathbb{N})$
and $L_p(\mathbb{R}^n)$. Some important consequences of the above
results are (1) the existence of {\em a non-linear Hahn-Banach
theorem} and (2) the smooth approximation of closed sets, on the
classes of spaces considered above.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis; Differential Geometry
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B20; 46T30; 58E05; 58C25
Remarks: 34 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "Partial Unconditionality"
by S. J. Dilworth, E. Odell, Th. Schlumprecht and A. Zsak.
Abstract: J. Elton proved that every normalized weakly null sequence
in a Banach space admits a subsequence that is nearly unconditional
which is a weak form of unconditionality. The notion of
near-unconditionality is quantified by a constant $K(\delta)$
depending on a parameter $\delta \in (0,1]$. It is unknown if
$\sup_{\delta>0} K(\delta) < \infty$. This problem turns out to be
closely related to the question whether every infinite-dimensional
Banach space contains a quasi-greedy basic sequence. The notion of
a quasi-greedy basic sequence was introduced recently by S. V.
Konyagin and V. N. Temlyakov. We present an extension of Elton's
result which includes Schreier unconditionality. The proof involves
a basic framework which we show can be also employed to prove other
partial unconditionality results including that of convex
unconditionality due to Argyros, Mercourakis and Tsarpalias. Various
constants of partial unconditionality are defined and we investigate
the relationships between them. We also explore the combinatorial
problem underlying the $\sup_{\delta>0} K(\delta) < \infty$ problem
and show that $\sup_{\delta>0} K(\delta) > 5/4$.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B15
Remarks: 50 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "Nonembeddability theorems
via Fourier analysis" by Subhash Khot and Assaf Naor.
Abstract: Various new nonembeddability results (mainly into $L_1$)
are proved via Fourier analysis. In particular, it is shown that
the Edit Distance on $\{0,1\}^d$ has $L_1$ distortion $(\log
d)^{\frac12-o(1)}$. We also give new lower bounds on the $L_1$
distortion of flat tori, quotients of the discrete hypercube under
group actions, and the transportation cost (Earthmover) metric.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis; Metric Geometry
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B20; 68U05
Remarks: With an appendix on quantitative estimates in Bourgain's
noise
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This is an announcement for the paper "The approximate fixed point
property in product spaces" by Ulrich Kohlenbach and Laurentiu
Leustean.
Abstract: In this paper we generalize to unbounded convex subsets
C of hyperbolic spaces results obtained by W.A. Kirk and R. Espinola
on approximate fixed points of nonexpansive mappings in product
spaces $(C\times M)_\infty$, where M is a metric space and C is a
nonempty, convex, closed and bounded subset of a normed or a
CAT(0)-space. We extend the results further, to families $(C_u)_{u\in
M}$ of unbounded convex subsets of a hyperbolic space. The key
ingredient in obtaining these generalizations is a uniform quantitative
version of a theorem due to Borwein, Reich and Shafrir, obtained
by the authors in a previous paper using techniques from mathematical
logic. Inspired by that, we introduce in the last section the notion
of uniform approximate fixed point property for sets C and classes
of self-mappings of C. The paper ends with an open problem.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis; Logic
Mathematics Subject Classification: 47H10, 47H09 (Primary) 03F10
(Secondary)
Remarks: 15 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "A classification of Tsirelson
type spaces" by Jordi Lopez Abad and Antonis Manoussakis.
Abstract: We give a complete classification of mixed Tsirelson
spaces T[( F\_i, theta\_i)\_{i=1}^r ] for finitely many pairs of
given compact and hereditary families F\_i of finite sets of integers
and 0<theta\_i<1 in terms of the Cantor-Bendixson indexes of the
families F\_i, and theta\_i (0< i < r+1). We prove that there are
unique countable ordinal alpha and 0<theta<1 such that every block
sequence of T[( F\_i, theta\_i)\_{i=1}^r ] has a subsequence
equivalent to a subsequence of the natural basis of the T(
S\_{omega^alpha},theta ). Finally, we give a complete criterion of
comparison in between two of these mixed Tsirelson spaces.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis; Logic
Mathematics Subject Classification: MSC 46b20, 05d10
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This is an announcement for the paper "Pre-compact families of
finite sets of integers and weakly null sequences in Banach spaces"
by Jordi Lopez Abad and S. Todorcevic.
Abstract: We provide a somewhat general framework for studying
weakly null sequences in Banach spaces using Ramsey theory of
families of finite subsets of integers
Archive classification: Functional Analysis; Logic
Mathematics Subject Classification: MSC: 05d10, 46b20
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This is an announcement for the paper "Classification of contractively
complemented Hilbertian operator spaces" by Matthew Neal and Bernard
Russo.
Abstract: We construct some separable infinite dimensional homogeneous
Hilbertian operator spaces which generalize the row and column
spaces R and C. We show that separable infinite-dimensional Hilbertian
JC*-triples are completely isometric to an element of the set of
(infinite) intersections of these spaces. This set includes the
operator spaces R, C, their intersection, and the space spanned by
creation operators on the full anti-symmetric Fock space. In fact,
we show that these new spaces are completely isometric to the space
of creation (resp. annihilation) operators on the anti-symmetric
tensors of the Hilbert space. Together with the finite-dimensional
case studied in our previous paper, this gives a full operator space
classification of all rank-one JC*-triples in terms of creation and
annihilation operator spaces.
We use the above to show that all contractive projections on a
C*-algebra A
with infinite dimensional Hilbertian range are ``expansions'' (which
we define precisely) of normal contractive projections from the
second dual of A onto a Hilbertian space which is completely isometric
to one of the four spaces mentioned above. This generalizes the
well known result, first proved for B(H) by Robertson, that all
Hilbertian operator spaces that are completely contractively
complemented in a C*-algebra are completely isometric to R or C.
We also compute various completely bounded Banach-Mazur distances
between these spaces.
Archive classification: Operator Algebras; Functional Analysis
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46L07
Remarks: 24 pages, submitted
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Second Announcement for the conference
``Banach spaces and their applications in Analysis'',
in honor of Nigel Kalton's 60th birthday,
to be held May 22-27, 2006 at Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio.
We would like to announce that the website for the conference
has been updated and now includes information about registration
fees and deadlines for submitting abstracts and payments.
At the conference we will emphasize the following themes:
- -- Nonlinear theory (Lipschitz classifications of Banach and
metric spaces and related topics),
- -- Isomorphic theory of Banach spaces including connections with
combinatorics and set theory,
- -- Algebraic and homological methods in Banach spaces,
- -- Approximation theory and algorithms in Banach spaces
(greedy algorithms, interpolation etc.),
- -- Functional calculus and applications to Partial Differential
Equations.
The following people have agreed to be principal speakers at the conference:
Yuri Brudnyi (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Jesus M. F. Castillo (University of Extremadura, Spain)
Marianna Csornyei (University College, London, UK)
Stephen Dilworth (University of South Carolina)
Gilles Godefroy (Universitè Paris VI, France)
William B. Johnson (Texas A&M University)
Joram Lindenstrauss (Hebrew University, Israel)
Assaf Naor (Microsoft Research)
Edward Odell (University of Texas)
Aleksander Pelczynski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
David Preiss (University College, London, UK)
Gideon Schechtman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Thomas Schlumprecht (Texas A&M University)
Vladimir Temlyakov (University of South Carolina)
Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann (University of Alberta, Canada)
Roman Vershynin (University of California - Davis)
Lutz Weis (Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany)
Przemyslaw Wojtaszczyk (Warsaw University, Poland)
More information about the conference, its
location, registration fees, deadlines,
accommodations and a printable poster are available at the website:
http://www.users.muohio.edu/randrib/bsaa2006.html
Please direct any questions to either of the organizers at randrib(a)muohio.edu
or randrin(a)muohio.edu
Sincerely yours,
Beata Randrianantoanina
Narcisse Randrianantoanina.
This is an announcement for the paper "The Kadison-Singer problem
in mathematics and engineering" by Peter G. Casazza, Matt Fickus,
Janet C. Tremain, and Eric Weber.
Abstract: We will show that the famous, intractible 1959 Kadison-Singer
problem in $C^{*}$-algebras is equivalent to fundamental unsolved
problems in a dozen areas of research in pure mathematics, applied
mathematics and Engineering. This gives all these areas common
ground on which to interact as well as explaining why each of these
areas has volumes of literature on their respective problems without
a satisfactory resolution. In each of these areas we will reduce
the problem to the minimum which needs to be proved to solve their
version of Kadison-Singer. In some areas we will prove what we
believe will be the strongest results ever available in the case
that Kadison-Singer fails. Finally, we will give some directions
for constructing a counter-example to Kadison-Singer.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis
Mathematics Subject Classification: 42C15; 46B03; 46C05; 47A05;
46L05; 46L10
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This is an announcement for the paper "Forme equivalente \`a la
condition $\Delta_2 $ et certains r\'esultats de s\'eparations
dans les espaces modulaires" by A.Hajji.
Abstract: In this paper, we present an equivalent form of the
$\Delta_2 $-condition which allow us to redefine the topological
vector space structure of a modular spaces using the \\ filter base.
We show also the characterization of closed subsets (in the sens
of this topology ) of a modular spaces which permit us to establish
some separation results in modular spaces
Archive classification: Functional Analysis
Remarks: 11p,pas de figure
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