Multidimensional moduli of convexity and rotundity in Banach spaces (Q2199011)

In [Ann. Math. (2) 45, 375--385 (1944; Zbl 0063.01058)], \textit{M. M. Day} proved that the \(\ell^p\)-product \((\sum \oplus X_n)_p\), \(1<p<\infty\), of a sequence of Banach spaces is uniformly rotund (\(1\)-UR) if and only if each \(X_n\) is uniformly rotund with a common modulus of convexity. \textit{R. Geremia} and \textit{F. Sullivan} [Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., IV. Ser. 127, 231--251 (1981; Zbl 0472.46018)] proved that the same product is \(2\)-UR if and only if all but one of the \(X_n\)'s are \(1\)-UR with a common modulus of convexity and the remaining space is \(2\)-UR. In the article under review, the author extends the Geremia-Sullivan result to \(k\)-uniform rotund (\(k\)-UR) spaces for integers \(k\geq 2\). In particular, the author proves that the product \((\sum\oplus X_n)_p\) is \(k\)-UR (but not \((k-1)\)-UR) if and only if there exist integers \(j\geq 1\) and \(n_1,\dots, n_j\) such that, if \(k=n_1+\cdots+n_j - (j-1)\) and \(2\leq n_i\leq k\) for \(i=1,\dots,j\), the \(X_n\)'s can be reindexed so that \(X_i\) is \(n_i\)-UR (but not \((n_i-1)\)-UR) for \(i=1,\dots,j\), and the remaining \(X_n\)'s are \(1\)-UR with a common modulus of convexity. The author also proves that a \(k\)-UR Banach space cannot contain arbitrarily close copies of the positive face of the unit ball of \(\ell^{k+1}_1\).