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Convexity and concavity in Banach lattices

Functional Analysis 2026-04-17 v1

Abstract

These notes are a detailed, self-contained introductory course on convexity and concavity in Banach lattices, suitable for both experts and beginners. We revisit, from a modern perspective, the classical notions of (p,q)(p,q)-convexity, (p,q)(p,q)-concavity and upper and lower pp-estimates, and the main relations between these properties, integrating more recent developments in the area. We explain in full detail the pp-convexification and pp-concavification techniques and how they can be used to build renormings of Banach lattices that improve the convexity and concavity constants. We also provide a comprehensive exposition of the main factorization results for (p,q)(p,q)-convex and (p,q)(p,q)-concave operators, including well-known results from Krivine, Maurey--Nikishin, Pietsch and Pisier, and their applications to the representation of convex and concave Banach lattices.

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@article{arxiv.2604.15254,
  title  = {Convexity and concavity in Banach lattices},
  author = {Enrique García-Sánchez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.15254},
  year   = {2026}
}