Some geometrical properties of rearrangement invariant spaces (Q4953573)

Let \({\mathcal K}\) be the class of rearrangement invariant (r.i.) Banach function spaces \(E\) with the property that there are elements \(x,y\in E\) generating a subspace isometric to \(\ell^2_1\). The class of all \(E\in{\mathcal K}\) such that all \(\text{supp }x\) and \(\text{supp }y\) are disjoint subsets is denoted by \({\mathcal K}_d\). It is proved that if \(E\) is r.i., then there is an equivalent r.i. norm \(\|\;\|_F\) such that \(\rho(E,F)\leq 2\) and \(F\in{\mathcal K}_d\), where \(\rho\) is the Banach-Mazur distance between \(E\) and \(F\). Moreover, for every \(\varepsilon> 0\) there is an equivalent r.i. norm \(\|\;\|_G\) such that \(\rho(E, G)\leq 1+\varepsilon\) and \(G\not\in{\mathcal K}\). There are given necessary and sufficient conditions for Lorentz spaces to be in \({\mathcal K}\) and for Orlicz spaces to be in \({\mathcal K}_d\), and there are investigated other properties of r.i. spaces. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0934.00032].