Pointwise lineability in sequence spaces (Q2657650)

The authors introduce an interesting strengthening of the concept of lineability which they call pointwise lineability. A subset \(A \subset V\) of an infinite dimensional vector space \(V\) is said to be {\em pointwise lineable} if for each \(x \in A\), there is an infinite dimensional subspace \(W_x \subset V\) such that \(x \in W_x \subset A \cup \{0\}\). If it is always possible to choose \(W_x\) having dimension \(\alpha\), say, we say that \(A\) is pointwise \(\alpha\)-lineable. The extensions to pointwise spaceable and pointwise \(\alpha\)-spaceable sets are done in the usual manner. In many natural situations, not only is a subset \(A\) lineable but it is also pointwise lineable, and similarly for pointwise spaceable. However, this isn't always the case, as for example when we take \(A = \{x \in V : |\varphi(x)| < \varepsilon \} \cup \{x_0\}\) for some fixed functional \(\varphi\) acting on \(V\), some \(\varepsilon > 0\), and some \(x_0 \in V\) such that \(\varphi(x_0) \neq 0\). Among the consequences of their results, the authors prove that for any Banach space \(X \), both \(\ell_p(X) \setminus \bigcup_{q < p} \ell_q(X)\) and also \(\ell^w_p(X) \setminus \bigcup_{q < p} \ell_q^w(X)\) are pointwise \(c\)-spaceable.