The characteristic of convexity of a Banach space and normal structure (Q2382691)

The author presents some sufficient conditions for a Banach space or its dual to have normal (or uniform normal) structure in terms of several well-known parameters. For example, the author proves that, if \(J(X^*)\, \varepsilon_0(X) < 2\), then \(X^*\) has uniform normal structure. (Here \(\varepsilon_0(X)\) denotes the characteristic of convexity of \(X\), roughly speaking, the length of the longest line segment that can be put arbitrarily close to the unit sphere of \(X\); and \(J(X)\) denotes the James constant of \(X\), a parameter used in determining if a Banach space is uniformly nonsquare.) As a corollary, the author notes that, if \(\varepsilon_0(X) = 1\), then \(X^*\) has uniform normal structure. Prior to this, it was only known that, if \(\varepsilon_0(X) < 1\), then \(X^*\) has uniform normal structure [\textit{S.\,Prus}, Bull.\ Pol.\ Acad.\ Sci., Math.\ 36, No.\,5--6, 225--227 (1988; Zbl 0767.46009)]. The constant~\(1\) in the author's result is the best possible. The author also gives conditions in terms of the characteristic of convexity and a coefficient of weak orthogonality for a Banach space or its dual to have normal structure.