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Mazur's Separable Quotient Problem for Nonseparable Bourgain-Pisier $\mathscr{L}_\infty$-Spaces

Functional Analysis 2026-04-15 v1

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 L\mathscr{L}_\infty-space YY containing a subspace XX such that Y/XY/X is infinite-dimensional with the Schur property admits c0c_0 as a quotient. The natural class to which this criterion applies is the nonseparable L\mathscr{L}_\infty-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 T:Yc0T: Y \to c_0 whose kernel is an L,λ\mathscr{L}_{\infty,\lambda}-space of density κ\kappa. 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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