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Smooth norms and approximation in Banach spaces of the type C(K)

Functional Analysis 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We prove two theorems about differentiable functions on the Banach space C(K), where K is compact. (i) If C(K) admits a non-trivial function of class C^m and of bounded support, then all continuous real-valued functions on C(K) may be uniformly approximated by functions of class C^m. (ii) If C(K) admits an equivalent norm with locally uniformly convex dual norm, then C(K) admits an equivalent norm which is of class C^infty (except at 0).

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@article{arxiv.math/0610421,
  title  = {Smooth norms and approximation in Banach spaces of the type C(K)},
  author = {Petr Hajek and Richard Haydon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0610421},
  year   = {2007}
}