Absolute diameters and codiameters (Q805991)

If X is a Banach space and A is a closed bounded and convex set in X and \(n\in {\mathbb{N}}\), put \[ d_ n(A,X)=\inf_{L\subset X,\dim L\leq n}\sup_{x\in A}\rho (x,L),\quad \lambda_ n(A,X)=\inf_{L\subset X,\dim L\leq n}\inf_{U\in B(X,L)}\sup_{x\in A}\| x-Ux\|, \] \[ \pi_ n(A,X)=\inf_{L\subset X,\dim L\leq n}\inf_{U\quad projection,\dim UX\leq n}\sup_{x\in A}\| x-Ux\|, \] \[ {\mathcal D}_ n(A)=\inf_{X'\supset X}d_ n(\tau A,X'),\quad \Lambda_ n(A)=\inf_{X'} \lambda_ n(\tau A,X')\text{ and } \Pi_ n(A)=\inf_{X'\supset X}\pi (\tau A,X'), \] where \(\tau\) is a linear isometry of X into \(X'\supset X\). Furthermore, let \(\lambda^ n(A)=\inf_{\phi \in B(X,{\mathbb{R}}^ n)}\sup_{x\in A}diam(\phi^{- 1}(\phi (x))\cap A).\) It is shown among others that \(\Pi_ n(A)=\Lambda_ n(A)=(\lambda^ n(A)/2\). These values for important particular sets in \(\ell^ k_ q\) spaces are evaluated.