On Lorentz spaces \(\Gamma_{p,w}\) (Q1885542)

This article studies Lorentz spaces \(\Gamma_{p,w}\), where \(0<p<\infty\) and \(w\) is a nonnegative measurable weight function. New formulas for the quasi-norm, duality, embeddings and Boyd indices are obtained. It is shown that, whenever \(\Gamma_{p,w}\) does not coincide with \(L^1+L^\infty\), it contains an order isomorphic and complemented coply of \(\ell^p\). Characterizations of order convexity and concavity as well as lower and upper estimates in \(\Gamma_{p,w}\) are obtained. The type and cotype of \(\Gamma_{p,w}\) for \(1\leq p<\infty\) are described.