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Ellipsoids defined by Banach ideal norms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

D. R. Lewis
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Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A generalization and simplification of F. John's theorem on ellipsoids of minimum volume is proven. An application shows that for 1 ≤ p < 2, there is a subspace E of Lp and a λ > 1 such that 1E has no λ-unconditional decomposition in terms of rank one operators.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University College London 1979

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