• 대한수학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.259-272
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• 1999

In [6], Godefroy defined octahedral norms to give an isomorphic characterization of spaces containing $\ell_1$. Here we will show that such norms can be defined by using "average distances" as introduced in[1]. Also, we indicate some other properties of average distances : in particular, we give some estimates for their values in the product of two spaces, furnished with the max or the sum norm.

• 대한수학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.21-38
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• 2004

We prove that a Banach space that is convex-transitive and such that for some element u in the unit sphere, and for every subspace Μ containing u, it happens that the subset of norm attaining functionals on Μ is second Baire category in $M^{*}$ is, in fact, almost-transitive and superreflexive. We also obtain a characterization of finite-dimensional spaces in terms of functions that attain their supremum: a Banach space is finite-dimensional if, for every equivalent norm, every rank-one operator attains its numerical radius. Finally, we describe the subset of norm attaining functionals on a space isomorphic to $\ell$$_1$, where the norm is the restriction of a Luxembourg norm on $L_1$. In fact, the subset of norm attaining functionals for this norm coincides with the subset of norm attaining functionals for the usual norm.m.