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Hilbert space structure and positive operators

Functional Analysis 2008-06-02 v1

Abstract

Let X be a real Banach space. We prove that the existence of an injective, positive, symmetric and not strictly singular operator from X into its dual implies that either X admits an equivalent Hilbertian norm or it contains a nontrivially complemented subspace which is isomorphic to a Hilbert space. We also treat the non-symmetric case.

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@article{arxiv.0805.4721,
  title  = {Hilbert space structure and positive operators},
  author = {D. Drivaliaris and N. Yannakakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.4721},
  year   = {2008}
}
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