This is an announcement for the paper "L_p moments of random vectors
via majorizing measures" by Olivier Guedon and Mark Rudelson.
Abstract: For a random vector X in R^n, we obtain bounds on the
size of a sample, for which the empirical p-th moments of linear
functionals are close to the exact ones uniformly on a given convex
body K. We prove an estimate for a general random vector and apply
it to several problems arising in geometric functional analysis.
In particular, we find a short Lewis type decomposition for any
finite dimensional subspace of L_p and study in detail the case of
an isotropic log-concave random vector. We also prove a concentration
estimate for the empirical moments. The main ingredient of the proof
is the construction of an appropriate majorizing measure to bound
a certain Gaussian process.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B09, 52A21
Remarks: 33 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "Property (T) and rigidity
for actions on Banach spaces" by U. Bader, A. Furman, T. Gelander,
and N. Monod.
Abstract: We study property (T) and the fixed point property for
actions on $L^p$ and other Banach spaces. We show that property (T)
holds when $L^2$ is replaced by $L^p$ (and even a subspace/quotient
of $L^p$), and that in fact it is independent of $1\leq p<\infty$.
We show that the fixed point property for $L^p$ follows from property
(T) when $1<p< 2+\e$. For simple Lie groups and their lattices, we
prove that the fixed point property for $L^p$ holds for any $1<
p<\infty$ if and only if the rank is at least two. Finally, we
obtain a superrigidity result for actions of irreducible lattices
in products of general groups on superreflexive Banach spaces.
Archive classification: Group Theory; Functional Analysis
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This is an announcement for the paper "A new method of constructing
invariant subspaces" by George Androulakis.
Abstract: The method of compatible sequences is introduced in order
to produce non-trivial (closed) invariant subspaces of (bounded
linear) operators. Also a topological tool is used which is new in
the search of invariant subspaces: the extraction of continuous
selections of lower semicontinuous set valued functions. The advantage
of this method over previously known methods is that if an operator
acts on a reflexive Banach space then it has a non-trivial invariant
subspace if and only if there exist compatible sequences (their
definition refers to a fixed operator). Using compatible sequences
a result of Aronszajn-Smith is proved for reflexive Banach spaces.
Also it is shown that if $X$ be a separable reflexive Banach space,
$T \in {\mathcal L} (X)$, and $A$ is any closed ball of $X$, then
there exists $v \in A$ such that either $Tv=0$, or
$\overline{\text{Span}}\, \text{Orb}_T (Tv)$ is a non-trivial
invariant subspace of $T$, or there exists a continuous function
$f:A \to A$ where $A$ is endowed with the weak topology, such that
$f(x) \in \overline{\text{Span}}\, \{ T^k x : k \in {\mathbb N} \}
$ for all $x \in A$ and $f(v)=v$.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis
Mathematics Subject Classification: 47A15
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This is an announcement for the paper "Scaled Enflo type is equivalent
to Rademacher type" by Manor Mendel and Assaf Naor.
Abstract: We introduce the notion of scaled Enflo type of a metric
space, and show that for Banach spaces, scaled Enflo type p is
equivalent to Rademacher type p.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis; Metric Geometry
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B20; 51F99
Remarks: 5 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "Reconstruction and subgaussian
operators" by Shahar Mendelson, Alain Pajor and Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann.
Abstract: We present a randomized method to approximate any vector
$v$ from some set $T \subset \R^n$. The data one is given is the
set $T$, and $k$ scalar products $(\inr{X_i,v})_{i=1}^k$, where
$(X_i)_{i=1}^k$ are i.i.d. isotropic subgaussian random vectors in
$\R^n$, and $k \ll n$. We show that with high probability, any $y
\in T$ for which $(\inr{X_i,y})_{i=1}^k$ is close to the data vector
$(\inr{X_i,v})_{i=1}^k$ will be a good approximation of $v$, and
that the degree of approximation is determined by a natural geometric
parameter associated with the set $T$.
We also investigate a random method to identify exactly any vector
which has
a relatively short support using linear subgaussian measurements
as above. It turns out that our analysis, when applied to
$\{-1,1\}$-valued vectors with i.i.d, symmetric entries, yields new
information on the geometry of faces of random
$\{-1,1\}$-polytope; we show that a $k$-dimensional random
$\{-1,1\}$-polytope with $n$ vertices is $m$-neighborly for very
large $m\le {ck/\log (c' n/k)}$. The proofs are based on new
estimates on the behavior of the empirical
process $\sup_{f \in F} \left|k^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^k f^2(X_i) -\E f^2
\right|$ when $F$ is a subset of the $L_2$ sphere. The estimates
are given in terms of the $\gamma_2$ functional with respect to the
$\psi_2$ metric on $F$, and hold both in exponential probability
and in expectation.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis; Probability
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46B07, 47B06, 41A45; 94B75,
52B05
Remarks: 31 pages; no figures; submitted
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This is an announcement for the paper "The triangle of operators,
topologies, bornologies" by Ngai-Ching Wong.
Abstract: This paper discusses two common techniques in functional
analysis: the topological method and the bornological method. In
terms of Pietsch's operator ideals, we establish the equivalence
of the notions of operators, topologies and bornologies. The
approaches in the study of locally convex spaces of Grothendieck
(via Banach space operators), Randtke (via continuous seminorms)
and Hogbe-Nlend (via convex bounded sets) are compared.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis; Operator Algebras
Mathematics Subject Classification: 47L20, 46A03, 46A11, 46A17
Remarks: 33 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "A metric space not
quasi-isometrically embeddable into any uniformly convex Banach space"
by Piotr W. Nowak.
Abstract: We construct a locally finite graph and a bounded geometry
metric space which do not admit a quasi-isometric embedding into any
uniformly convex Banach space. Connections with the geometry of $c_0$
and superreflexivity are discussed.
Archive classification: Metric Geometry; Functional Analysis
Remarks: 6 pages, 2 figures
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This is an announcement for the paper "A norm compression inequality
for block partitioned positive semidefinite matrices" by Koenraad
M.R. Audenaert.
Abstract: Let $A$ be a positive semidefinite matrix, block partitioned as
$$ A=\twomat{B}{C}{C^*}{D}, $$ where $B$ and $D$ are square blocks. We
prove the following inequalities for the Schatten $q$-norm $||.||_q$,
which are sharp when the blocks are of size at least $2\times2$: $$
||A||_q^q \le (2^q-2) ||C||_q^q + ||B||_q^q+||D||_q^q, \quad 1\le q\le 2,
$$ and $$ ||A||_q^q \ge (2^q-2) ||C||_q^q + ||B||_q^q+||D||_q^q, \quad
2\le q. $$ These bounds can be extended to symmetric partitionings into
larger numbers of blocks, at the expense of no longer being sharp: $$
||A||_q^q \le \sum_{i} ||A_{ii}||_q^q + (2^q-2) \sum_{i<j} ||A_{ij}||_q^q,
\quad 1\le q\le 2, $$ and $$ ||A||_q^q \ge \sum_{i} ||A_{ii}||_q^q +
(2^q-2) \sum_{i<j} ||A_{ij}||_q^q, \quad 2\le q. $$
Archive classification: Functional Analysis
Mathematics Subject Classification: 15A60
Remarks: 24 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "The generalized Busemann-Petty
problem with weights" by Rubin Boris.
Abstract: The generalized Busemann-Petty problem asks whether
origin-symmetric convex bodies with lower-dimensional smaller sections
necessarily have smaller volume. We study the weighted version of
this problem corresponding to the physical situation when bodies are
endowed with mass distribution and the relevant sections are measured
with attenuation.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis
Mathematics Subject Classification: 52A38; 44A12
Remarks: 12 pages
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This is an announcement for the paper "A note on lower bounds of
martingale measure densities" by D. Rokhlin and W. Schachermayer.
Abstract: For a given element $f\in L^1$ and a convex cone $C\subset
L^\infty$, $C\cap L^\infty_+=\{0\}$ we give necessary and sufficient
conditions for the existence of an element $g\ge f$ lying in the polar of
$C$. This polar is taken in $(L^\infty)^*$ and in $L^1$. In the context of
mathematical finance the main result concerns the existence of martingale
measures, whose densities are bounded from below by prescribed random
variable.
Archive classification: Functional Analysis
Mathematics Subject Classification: 46E30
Remarks: 9 pages
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