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An isometrically universal Banach space induced by a non-universal Boolean algebra

Functional Analysis 2015-05-19 v1 General Topology Logic

Abstract

Given a Boolean algebra AA, we construct another Boolean algebra BB with no uncountable well-ordered chains such that the Banach space of real valued continuous functions C(KA)C(K_A) embeds isometrically into C(KB)C(K_B), where KAK_A and KBK_B are the Stone spaces of AA and BB respectively. As a consequence we obtain the following: If there exists an isometrically universal Banach space for the class of Banach spaces of a given uncountable density κ\kappa, then there is another such space which is induced by a Boolean algebra which is not universal for Boolean algebras of cardinality κ\kappa. Such a phenomenon cannot happen on the level of separable Banach spaces and countable Boolean algebras. This is related to the open question if the existence of an isometrically universal Banach space and of a universal Boolean algebra are equivalent on the nonseparable level (both are true on the separable level).

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@article{arxiv.1505.04776,
  title  = {An isometrically universal Banach space induced by a non-universal Boolean algebra},
  author = {Christina Brech and Piotr Koszmider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.04776},
  year   = {2015}
}
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