Mazur's Separable Quotient Problem for Nonseparable Bourgain-Pisier $\mathscr{L}_\infty$-Spaces
Abstract
Mazur's separable quotient problem, open since 1932, asks whether every infinite-dimensional Banach space admits an infinite-dimensional separable quotient. We prove that any -space containing a subspace such that is infinite-dimensional with the Schur property admits as a quotient. The natural class to which this criterion applies is the nonseparable -spaces constructed via the Lopez-Abad extension method, the nonseparable analogue of the Bourgain--Delbaen spaces. For every space in this class, Mazur's problem is thereby resolved affirmatively, for any valid realization of the construction and any base space. We further provide a constructive resolution under a coordinate embedding assumption via an explicit bounded surjection whose kernel is an -space of density . We prove this assumption is necessary by explicit counterexample.
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@article{arxiv.2604.11832,
title = {Mazur's Separable Quotient Problem for Nonseparable Bourgain-Pisier $\mathscr{L}_\infty$-Spaces},
author = {Kartik Patri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.11832},
year = {2026}
}
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