Uniform convexity and the distribution of the norm for a Gaussian measure (Q760085)

We show that if a Banach space E has a norm \(\| \cdot \|\) such that the modulus of uniform convexity is bounded below by a power function, then for each Gaussian measure \(\mu\) on E the distribution of the norm for \(\mu\) has a bounded density with respect to Lebesgue measure. This result is optimum in the following sense: If \((a_ n)\) is an arbitrary sequence with \(a_ n\to 0\), there exists a uniformly convex norm N(\(\cdot)\) on the standard Hilbert space, equivalent to the usual norm such that the modulus of convexity of this norm satisfies \(\alpha (\epsilon)\geq \epsilon^ n\) for \(\epsilon \geq a_ n\), and a Gaussian measure \(\mu\) on E such that the distribution of the norm for \(\mu\) does not have a bounded density with respect to Lebesgue measure.