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For a Banach space \(X\) and a positive integer \(k\) the author introduces the following quantities: \(\overline\lambda_ k(X)= \sup\{\lambda(V,X)\): \(V\) is a subspace of \(X\), \(\text{codim }V= k\}\); \(\underline\lambda_ k(X)= \inf\{\lambda(V,X)\): \(V\) is a subspace of \(X\), \(\text{codim }V= k\}\), where \(\lambda(V,X)\) is the relative projection constant. Using the fact that isometrically \[ L_ p(0,1)= L_ p(0,1)\otimes_ p\cdots \otimes_ p L_ p(0,1), \] the author derives that \[ \underline\lambda_ k(L_ p(0,1))\leq \underline\lambda_ 1(L_ p(0,1))\quad\text{for }k= 2,3,\dots\;. \] Applying the argument going back to \textit{W. Rudin} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 13, 429-432 (1962; Zbl 0105.095)] to the annihilator of two-dimensional trigonometric subspaces of \(L_ q(0,1)\) \((1/q+1/p=1)\) the author shows that \[ \overline\lambda_ 2(L_ p(0,1))> \overline\lambda_ 1(L_ p(0,1)), \] when \(p\) is sufficiently close to 1 or to infinity.