Contractive projections in Orlicz sequence spaces (Q1773498)

Summary: We characterize norm-one complemented subspaces of Orlicz sequence spaces \(\ell_M\) equipped with either the Luxemburg or the Orlicz norm, provided that the Orlicz function \(M\) is sufficiently smooth and sufficiently different from the square function. We measure smoothness of \(M\) using the \(AC^1\) and \(AC^2\) classes introduced by \textit{R. P. Maleev} and \textit{S. L. Troyanski} [Can. Math. Bull. 34, No. 1, 74--82 (1991; Zbl 0785.46033)], and the condition for \(M\) to be different from a square function is essentially a requirement that the second derivative \(M''\) of \(M\) cannot have a finite nonzero limit at zero. This paper treats the real case; the complex case follows from previously known results.