2002/05/20 by Edward Odell, Th. Schlumprecht · 2 citations
Mathematics · #Advanced Banach Space Theory #Holomorphic and Operator Theory #Advanced Topics in Algebra
paper · pdf · doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-02-02984-7
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An infinite dimensional notion of asymptotic structure is considered. This notion is developed in terms of trees and branches on Banach spaces. Every countably infinite countably branching tree <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="script upper T"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">T</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal T</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> of a certain type on a space <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is presumed to have a branch with some property. It is shown that then <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> can be embedded into a space with an FDD <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="left-parenthesis upper E Subscript i Baseline right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(Ei)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> so that all normalized sequences in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> which are almost a skipped blocking of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="left-parenthesis upper E Subscript i Baseline right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(Ei)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> have that property. As an application of our work we prove that if <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is a separable reflexive Banach space and for some <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="1 greater-than p greater-than normal infinity"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal"> ∞ </mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1>p>∞</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper C greater-than normal infinity"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal"> ∞ </mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C>∞</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> every weakly null tree <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="script upper T"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">T</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal T</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> on the sphere of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> has a branch <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper C"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -equivalent to the unit vector basis of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="script l Subscript p"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msub> <mml:mi> ℓ </mml:mi> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">ℓ p</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , then for all <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="epsilon greater-than 0"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi> ε </mml:mi> <mml:mo>></mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">ε >0</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , there exists a subspace of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application