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Approximate modularity: Kalton's constant is not smaller than 3

Functional Analysis 2020-05-20 v3 Optimization and Control

Abstract

Kalton and Roberts [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 278 (1983), 803--816] proved that there exists a universal constant K44.5K\leqslant 44.5 such that for every set algebra F\mathcal{F} and every 1-additive function f ⁣:FRf\colon \mathcal{F}\to \mathbb R there exists a finitely-additive signed measure μ\mu defined on F\mathcal{F} such that f(A)μ(A)K|f(A)-\mu(A)|\leqslant K for any AFA\in \mathcal{F}. The only known lower bound for the optimal value of KK was found by Pawlik [Colloq. Math., 54 (1987), 163--164], who proved that this constant is not smaller than 1.51.5; we improve this bound to 33 already on a non-negative 1-additive function.

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@article{arxiv.2003.01193,
  title  = {Approximate modularity: Kalton's constant is not smaller than 3},
  author = {Michal Gnacik and Marcin Guzik and Tomasz Kania},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.01193},
  year   = {2020}
}

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9 pages, accepted to Proc. Am. Math. Soc

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