Cones with bounded and unbounded bases and reflexivity (Q844970)

The authors give two characterizations of reflexivity for a Banach space \(X\). The first one is based on the existence in \(X\) of a closed convex cone with a nonempty interior such that all the bases generated by a strictly positive functional are bounded. The second characterization is given in terms of the nonexistence of a cone such that it has bounded and unbounded bases (both are generated by strictly positive functionals) simultaneously. Such a cone is called a mixed base cone. Then they study the features of this class of cones and give a description of the structure of a mixed based cone.