Distances between Banach spaces (Q4229352)

If \(X\) and \(Y\) are Banach spaces then the Kadets distance \(d_K(X,Y)\) between them is defined as the infimum of the Hausdorff distance \(d(B_X,B_Y)\) between the respective closed unit balls \(B_X\) and \(B_Y\) over all isometric embeddings of \(X\) and \(Y\) into a common Banach space \(Z\). If we allow \(Z\) in this definition to be an arbitrary metric space we arrive at the definition of the Gromov-Hausdorff distance \(d_{GH}(X,Y)\). The authors study continuity properties of \(d_K\) and \(d_{GH}\). They show, e.g., that \(d_{GH}(\ell_p,\ell_1)\to 0\) as \(p\to 1\) while \(d_K(\ell_p,\ell_1)= 1\) if \(p>1\). A property \(P\) of Banach spaces is called stable relative to \(d_K\) if there exists \(\varepsilon>0\) so that if \(X\) has \(P\) and \(d_K(X,Y)< \varepsilon\) then \(Y\) has \(P\). The concepts of open, closed and clopen properties are introduced in an analogous manner and the authors obtain some new results concerning these notions. They show, e.g., that if \(P\) is a stable property and the property \(P^*\) is defined by: \(X\) has \(P^*\) if \(X^*\) has \(P\), then the property \(P^*\) is also stable. Some analogous results are obtained concerning the Gromov-Hausdorff distance. Some applications to the theory of complex interpolation are also included.