Diameter two properties and polyhedrality (Q1736971)

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Diameter two properties and polyhedrality
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    Diameter two properties and polyhedrality (English)
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    26 March 2019
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    Let $X$ be a Banach space and $B_X$ its closed unit ball. Recall that a Banach space $X$ has the strong diameter two property (SD2P) if every convex combination of slices of $B_X$ has diameter two. Note that a Banach space with the SD2P must be infinite-dimensional. \par In [\textit{V. P. Fonf} and \textit{L. Veselý}, Can. J. Math. 56, No. 3, 472--494 (2004; Zbl 1068.46007)], various generalizations of the notion of a polytope to infinite-dimensional Banach spaces were introduced and they were called (I)-polyhedrality, (II)-polyhedrality, etc., up to (VIII)-polyhedrality. It is known that each of the previous polyhedrality notions implies the next one and none of the reverse implications holds. \par The paper under review starts by observing that every infinite-dimensional (I)-polyhedral space has the SD2P, because they are non-reflexive M-embedded spaces. The main result of the paper under review says: for every $\varepsilon>0$, there is a (II)-polyhedral Banach space $X$ such that $B_X$ contains slices whose diameter is smaller than $\varepsilon$. Hence already the (II)-polyhedral Banach spaces are dramatically different from (I)-polyhedral spaces and lack the SD2P.
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    polyhedral Banach spaces
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    diameter two property
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    slices
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