REFLEXIVE INDEX OF A FAMILY OF SUBSPACES

A definition of the reflexive index of a family of (closed) subspaces of a complex, separable Hilbert space $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}H$ is given, analogous to one given by D. Zhao for a family of subsets of a set. Following some observations, some examples are given, including: (a) a subspace lattice on $H$ with precisely five nontrivial elements with infinite reflexive index; (b) a reflexive subspace lattice on $H$ with infinite reflexive index; (c) for each positive integer $n$ satisfying dim $H\ge n+1$, a reflexive subspace lattice on $H$ with reflexive index $n$. If $H$ is infinite-dimensional and ${\mathcal{B}}$ is an atomic Boolean algebra subspace lattice on $H$ with $n$ equidimensional atoms and with the property that the vector sum $K+L$ is closed, for every $K,L\in {\mathcal{B}}$, then ${\mathcal{B}}$ has reflexive index at most $n$.

Kadec–Pełczyński decomposition for Haagerup Lp-spaces

Let [Mscr ] be a von Neumann algebra (not necessarily semi-finite). We provide a generalization of the classical Kadec–Pełczyński subsequence decomposition of bounded sequences in Lp[0, 1] to the case of the Haagerup Lp-spaces (1 [les ] p < 1 ). In particular, we prove that if { φn}∞n=1 is a bounded sequence in the predual [Mscr ]∗ of [Mscr ], then there exist a subsequence {φnk}∞k=1 of {φn}∞n=1, a decomposition φnk = yk+zk such that {yk, k [ges ] 1} is relatively weakly compact and the support projections supp(zk) ↓k 0 (or similarly mutually disjoint). As an application, we prove that every non-reflexive subspace of the dual of any given C*-algebra (or Jordan triples) contains asymptotically isometric copies of [lscr ]1 and therefore fails the fixed point property for non-expansive mappings. These generalize earlier results for the case of preduals of semi-finite von Neumann algebras.

Decomposability of finite rank operators in certain subspaces and algebras

Let  be either a reflexive subspace or a bimodule of a reflexive algebra in B (H), the set of bounded operators on a Hilbert space H. We find some conditions such that a finite rank T ∈  has a rank one summand in  and  has strong decomposability. Let (ℒ) be the set of all operators on H that annihilate all the operators of rank at most one in alg ℒ. We construct an atomic Boolean subspace lattice ℒ on H such that there is a finite rank operator T in (ℒ) such that T does not have a rank one summand in (ℒ). We obtain some lattice-theoretic conditions on a subspace lattice ℒ which imply alg ℒ is strongly decomposable.

The Tensor Product Formula for Reflexive Subspace Lattices

We give a characterisation of where and are subspace lattices with commutative and either completely distributive or complemented. We use it to show that Lat is a CSL algebra with a completely distributive or complemented lattice and is any operator algebra.

Remarks on complemented subspaces of von Neumann algebras

SynopsisIn this note we include two remarks about bounded (not necessarily contractive) linear projections on a von Neumann algebra. We show that if M is a von Neumann subalgebra of B(H) which is complemented in B(H) and isomorphic to M⊗M, then M is injective (or equivalently M is contractively complemented). We do not know how to get rid of the second assumption on M. In the second part, we show that any complemented reflexive subspace of a C*-algebra is necessarily linearly isomorphic to a Hilbert space.

Best approximation in Orlicz spaces

LetXbe a real Banach space and(Ω,μ)be a finite measure space andϕbe a strictly icreasing convex continuous function on[0,∞)withϕ(0)=0. The spaceLϕ(μ,X)is the set of all measurable functionsfwith values inXsuch that∫Ωϕ(‖c−1f(t)‖)dμ(t)<∞for somec>0. One of the main results of this paper is: “For a closed subspaceYofX,Lϕ(μ,Y)is proximinal inLϕ(μ,X)if and only ifL1(μ,Y)is proximinal inL1(μ,X)′​′. As a result ifYis reflexive subspace ofX, thenLϕ(ϕ,Y)is proximinal inLϕ(μ,X). Other results on proximinality of subspaces ofLϕ(μ,X)are proved.