An extension of Simons' inequality and applications (Q5949003)

As the authors say in their introduction, ``Simons' inequality is a useful tool in Banach space geometry''. It has a number of important corollaries some of which were given by \textit{S. Simons} in his original papers [Pac. J. Math. 40, 703-708 (1972; Zbl 0237.46012); ibid., 709-718 (1972; Zbl 0237.46013); and ibid. 719-721 (1972; Zbl 0237.46014)]. Here the authors replace certain subsets of \(\ell_{\infty}(B)\) by a subset \(C\) of a normed linear space that is closed under taking infinite convex combinations. They then consider indexed families \(f(x,\beta) (\beta \in B)\) of real-valued, convex, Lipschitz functions on \(C\). Without going into all the conditions, the conclusion of the theorem is that if \((x_n)\) is a sequence in \(C\) then \[ \inf_{x\in C}\sup_{\beta \in B} f(x,\beta) \leq \sup_{\beta \in B} \limsup_n f(x_n,\beta). \] In the last section the authors give an application which they say cannot be deduced from Simons' inequality.