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Isometric embeddings of compact spaces into Banach spaces

Functional Analysis 2008-01-17 v1

Abstract

We show the existence of a compact metric space KK such that whenever KK embeds isometrically into a Banach space YY, then any separable Banach space is linearly isometric to a subspace of YY. We also address the following related question: if a Banach space YY contains an isometric copy of the unit ball or of some special compact subset of a separable Banach space XX, does it necessarily contain a subspace isometric to XX? We answer positively this question when XX is a polyhedral finite-dimensional space, c0c_0 or 1\ell_1.

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@article{arxiv.0801.2486,
  title  = {Isometric embeddings of compact spaces into Banach spaces},
  author = {Yves Dutrieux and Gilles Lancien},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.2486},
  year   = {2008}
}

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8 pages

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