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Relations between generalized von Neumann-Jordan and James constants for quasi-Banach spaces
Journal of Inequalities and Applications volume 2016, Article number: 171 (2016)
Abstract
Let \(\mathcal{C}_{NJ} ( \mathcal{B} )\) and \(J ( \mathcal{B} )\) be the generalized von Neumann-Jordan and James constants of a quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\), respectively. In this paper we shall show the relation between \(\mathcal {C}_{NJ} ( \mathcal{B} )\), \(J ( \mathcal{B} )\), and the modulus of convexity. Also, we show that if \(\mathcal{B}\) is not uniform non-square then \(J ( \mathcal{B} )=\mathcal{C}_{NJ} ( \mathcal{B} )=2\). Moreover, we give an equivalent formula for the generalized von Neumann-Jordan constant.
1 Introduction
Among various geometric constants of a Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\), the von Neumann-Jordan constant \(C_{NJ} (\mathcal{B})\), and the James constant \(J(\mathcal{B})\) have been treated most widely. In connection with the famous work [1] (see also [2]) of Jordan and von Neumann concerning inner products, the von Neumann-Jordan constant \(C_{NJ} (\mathcal{B})\) for a Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\) was introduced by Clarkson [3] as the smallest constant C for which the estimates
hold for any \(x_{1},x_{2}\in\mathcal{B}\) with \((x_{1},x_{2})\neq(0,0)\). Equivalently
The classical von Neumann-Jordan constant \(C_{NJ} (\mathcal{B})\) was investigated in [4–8].
A Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\) is said to be uniformly non-square in the sense of James if there exists a positive number \(\delta<2\) such that for any \(x_{1},x_{2}\in S_{\mathcal {B}}=\{x\in\mathcal{B}:\Vert x\Vert =1\}\) we have
The James constant \(J(\mathcal{B})\) of a Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\) is defined by
It is obvious that \(\mathcal{B}\) is uniformly non-square if and only if \(J(\mathcal{B})<2\).
In [9], the authors introduced the generalized von Neumann-Jordan constant \(C_{NJ}^{(p)}(\mathcal{B})\), which is defined as
and obtained the relationship between \(C_{NJ}^{(p)}(\mathcal{B})\) and \(J(\mathcal{B})\). Furthermore, they used the constant \(C_{NJ}^{(p)}(\mathcal{B})\) to establish some new equivalent conditions for the uniform non-squareness of a Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\). Both the von Neumann-Jordan \(\mathcal{C}_{NJ} ( \mathcal{B} )\) and the James constants \(J ( \mathcal{B} )\) play an important role in the description of various geometric structures. It is therefore worthwhile to clarify the relation between them.
In this paper, we shall show the relation between the generalized von Neumann-Jordan constant \(\mathcal{C}_{NJ} ( \mathcal{B} )\) and the James constant \(J ( \mathcal{B} )\) and we also show that if \(\mathcal {B}\) is not uniform non-square then \(J ( \mathcal{B} )=\mathcal{C}_{NJ} ( \mathcal{B} )=2\). In the second section, we present basic definitions and define the modulus of convexity of a quasi-Banach space. In the third section, we establish a relationship between the generalized von Neumann-Jordan constant and the modulus of convexity, the James constant and the modulus of convexity, the generalized von Neumann-Jordan constant and the James constant, and we give the equivalent formula of the generalized von Neumann-Jordan constant.
2 Preliminaries
Definition 2.1
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A quasi-norm on \(\Vert \cdot \Vert \) on vector space \(\mathcal{B}\) over a field K (\(\mathbb{R}\) or \(\mathbb{C}\)) is a map \(\mathcal {B}\longrightarrow[0,\infty)\) with the properties:
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\(\Vert x\Vert =0 \Longleftrightarrow x=0\).
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\(\Vert \alpha x\Vert =\vert \alpha \vert \Vert x\Vert \) if \(\forall\alpha\in K\), \(\forall x\in\mathcal{B}\).
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There is a constant \(C\geq1\) such that if \(\forall x_{1},x_{2}\in\mathcal{B}\) we have
$$\Vert x_{1}+x_{2}\Vert \leq C\bigl(\Vert x_{1}\Vert +\Vert x_{2}\Vert \bigr). $$
Definition 2.2
The generalized von Neumann-Jordan constant \(\mathcal {C}_{NJ}^{(p)}(\mathcal{B})\) for quasi-Banach spaces is defined by
where \(1\leq p< \infty\).
We will also use the following parametrized formula for the constant \(\mathcal{C}_{NJ}^{(p)}(\mathcal{B})\):
where \(S_{\mathcal{B}}\) is the unit sphere. By taking \(t = 1\) and \(x_{1} = x_{2}\), we obtain the estimate
Definition 2.3
In a quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\) the James constant is defined as
Definition 2.4
A quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\) is said to be uniformly non-square if there exists a positive number \(\delta<2\) such that for any \(x_{1},x_{2}\in S_{\mathcal{B}}\), we have
Remark 2.5
It is obvious that \(\mathcal{B}\) is uniformly non-square if and only if \(J(\mathcal{B})<2\).
Definition 2.6
The modulus of uniform smoothness of the quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal {B}\) is defined as
It is clear that \(\rho_{\mathcal{B}}(t)\) is a convex function on the interval \([0, \infty)\) satisfying \(\rho_{\mathcal{B}}(0)=0\), whence it follows that \(\rho_{\mathcal{B}}(t)\) is nondecreasing on \([0,\infty )\).
Definition 2.7
A quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\) is said to be uniformly smooth if \((\rho_{\mathcal{B}})'_{+}(0)=\lim_{t\rightarrow0^{+}}\frac{\rho _{\mathcal{B}}(t)}{t}=0\).
Definition 2.8
Given any quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\) and a number \(p\in[0,\infty )\), another function \(J_{\mathcal{B},p}(t)\) is defined by
Definition 2.9
The modulus of convexity of a quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\) is defined as
3 Main results
Lemma 3.1
For any number \(0\leq a\leq2\), \(0\leq b\leq2\) we have
Proof
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Lemma 3.2
Let a be a real number and let \(b>0\), then
The first theorem is a relation between \(\mathcal{C}_{NJ}(\mathcal{B})\) and the modulus of uniform smoothness.
Theorem 3.3
Let \(\mathcal{B}\) be a quasi-Banach space, then
Proof
We know that
By using Lemma 3.1
Also we have
Since
we have
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The next result is the relation between the James constant and the modulus of convexity.
Theorem 3.4
Let \(\mathcal{B}\) be a quasi-Banach space then
Proof
Let
We shall show that \(J(\mathcal{B})\leq\alpha\). For this purpose, if \(\alpha=2\), then there is nothing to prove. So, we may assume that \(\alpha< 2\). For any \(\beta> \alpha\), we have for any \(x_{1},x_{2}\in S_{\mathcal{B}}\) and \(\frac{\Vert x_{1}-x_{2}\Vert }{C}\geq\beta\)
From the definition of δ, we have
which implies that
therefore
As \(J(\mathcal{B})\leq\beta\) and since β was arbitrary we have \(J(\mathcal{B})\leq\alpha\).
For the reverse we use the definition of δ, so \(\forall \gamma>0\) there exist \(x_{1},x_{2}\in S_{\mathcal{B}}\) such that
and
where we have \(\varepsilon=\alpha-\gamma\), so
therefore
where γ was arbitrary, so we have \(J(\mathcal{B})\geq\alpha\). □
Corollary 3.5
For any quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\), we have
Corollary 3.6
Let \(\mathcal{B}\) be any quasi-Banach space and \(J(\mathcal{B})\leq2\), then
Now, we are going to give an equivalent formula of the generalized von Neumann-Jordan constant.
Theorem 3.7
We have
where \(1\leq p< \infty\).
Proof
If \(0\neq \Vert x_{1}\Vert \geq \Vert x_{2}\Vert \)
This shows that
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The next theorems show the relation between the generalized von Neumann-Jordan and James constants.
Theorem 3.8
For any quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\), we have
Proof
For any \(x_{1},x_{2}\in S_{\mathcal{B}}\), we have
Hence
Therefore
To prove the right hand side we use Theorem 3.7, so we only take \(\Vert x_{1}\Vert =1\) and \(\Vert x_{2}\Vert \leq1\).
Case 1: If \(\Vert x_{2}\Vert =t\geq J(\mathcal{B})-1\), then
The function
is increasing on \((0,\mu)\) and decreasing on \((\mu,1)\) where
Since \(J(\mathcal{B})-1\geq\mu\) and \(J(\mathcal{B})-1\leq t\), we have \(f(t)\leq f(J(\mathcal{B})-1)\)
taking the supremum, we get
Case 2: If \(\Vert x_{2}\Vert =t\leq J(\mathcal{B})-1\), then
Let
since g is increasing on \((0,1]\)
hence
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Corollary 3.9
If \(\mathcal{B}\) is not uniformly non-square then
Theorem 3.10
For any quasi-Banach space \(\mathcal{B}\), we have
Proof
Since \(\mathcal{C}_{NJ}(\mathcal{B})=\sup\{\mathcal{C}_{NJ}(t,\mathcal {B}): t\in[0,1]\}\) where
First we prove that
For this purpose
Taking the supremum we get
Also note that
Using (3.11) and (3.12), we get
Taking the supremum over t, we get
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Kwun, Y.C., Mehmood, Q., Nazeer, W. et al. Relations between generalized von Neumann-Jordan and James constants for quasi-Banach spaces. J Inequal Appl 2016, 171 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13660-016-1115-z
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