Some More Weak Hilbert Spaces (Q4522148)

Weak Hilbert spaces which are \(\ell_2\)-saturated, or, in the opposite, which do not contain \(\ell_2\), are constructed. Recall that a Banach space \(X\) is a weak Hilbert space if there are constants \(\delta>0\) and \(C\geq 1\) such that, for every finite dimensional subspace \(E\) of \(X\), there exists a subspace \(F\subseteq E\) such that \(d(F,\ell_2^{\dim F})\leq C\) and \(\dim F\geq \delta \dim E\), and a projection \(P\colon X\to F\) with \(\|P\|\leq C\). It is equivalent to say that \(X\) is both of weak type 2 and weak cotype 2 [\textit{G. Pisier}, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 56, No. 3, 547-579 (1988; Zbl 0666.46009)]. The first example of such spaces (not isomorphic to a Hilbert space) was the convexified Tsirelson space \(T^{(2)}\). The spaces constructed in this paper are 2-convexification of spaces of Tsirelson type.