Absolute sums of Banach spaces and some geometric properties related to rotundity and smoothness (Q380315)

The author studies in depth the notions of acs, luacs and uacs Banach spaces that form common generalizations of the usual rotundity and smoothness properties of Banach spaces. A Banach space \(X\) is called acs (alternatively convex or smooth) if, for every \(x, y \in S_X\) with \(\|x + y\| = 2\) and every \(x^* \in S_{X^*}\) with \(x^*(x) = 1\), one has \(x^*(y) = 1\) as well. \(X\) is called luacs (locally uniformly alternatively convex or smooth) if, for every \(x \in S_X\), every sequence \((x_n) \subset S_X\) and every functional \(x^* \in S_{X^*}\), the conditions \(\|x_n + y\| \to 2\) and \(x^*(x_n) \to 1\) imply that \(x^*(y) = 1\). Finally, \(X\) is called uacs (uniformly alternatively convex or smooth) if, for every triple of sequences \((x_n), (y_n)\subset S_X\), \((x_n^*) \subset S_{X^*}\), the conditions \(\|x_n + y_n\| \to 2\) and \(x_n^*(x_n) \to 1\) imply that \(x_n^*(y_n) \to 1\). The asc spaces were introduced by \textit{V.~M.~Kadets} [Quaest. Math. 19, No. 1--2, 225--235 (1996; Zbl 0855.47021)], luacs and uacs spaces by \textit{V.~M.~Kadets} et al. [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 352, No. 2, 855--873 (2000; Zbl 0938.46016)] as geometric tools in the study of the anti-Daugavet property. The author gives a number of useful reformulations and collects relations with other geometric properties, in particular, with the properties sluacs and wuacs introduced in the paper under review. A large part of the paper is devoted to absolute sums of acs, luacs, uacs, sluacs and wuacs spaces.