On the modulus of \(U\)-convexity (Q2569968)

Summary: We prove that the moduli of \(U\)-convexity, introduced by \textit{J.~Gao} [in: Function spaces, differential operators and nonlinear analysis. Proceedings of the conference held in Paseky nad Jizerou, Czech Republic, September 3--9, 1995 (Prometheus, Praha) 195--196 (1996; Zbl 0868.46006)] of the ultrapower \(\widetilde{X}\) of a Banach space \(X\) and of \(X\) itself coincide whenever \(X\) is super-reflexive. As a consequence, some known results are proved and improved. More precisely, we show that \(u_X(1)>0\) implies that both \(X\) and the dual space \(X^{\ast}\) of \(X\) have uniform normal structure, and hence the ``worth'' property in Corollary 7 of \textit{E.~M.\ Mazcuñán--Navarro} [Abstr.\ Appl.\ Anal.\ 2003, No.~1, 49--54 (2003; Zbl 1020.47045)] can be discarded.