On the volume of unit balls of finite-dimensional Lorentz spaces

Local theory of Banach spaces (46B07) Riesz operators; eigenvalue distributions; approximation numbers, (s)-numbers, Kolmogorov numbers, entropy numbers, etc. of operators (47B06) Convexity and finite-dimensional Banach spaces (including special norms, zonoids, etc.) (aspects of convex geometry) (52A21) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38)

Abstract: We study the volume of unit balls

B_{p, q}^{n}

of finite-dimensional Lorentz sequence spaces

e l l_{p, q}^{n} .

We give an iterative formula for

m v o l (B_{p, q}^{n})

for the weak Lebesgue spaces with

q = i n f t y

and explicit formulas for

q = 1

and

q = i n f t y .

We derive asymptotic results for the

n

-th root of

m v o l (B_{p, q}^{n})

and show that

[m v o l (B_{p, q}^{n})]^{1 / n} a p p r o x n^{- 1 / p}

for all

0 < p < i n f t y

and

0 < q l e i n f t y .

We study further the ratio between the volume of unit balls of weak Lebesgue spaces and the volume of unit balls of classical Lebesgue spaces. We conclude with an application of the volume estimates and characterize the decay of the entropy numbers of the embedding of the weak Lebesgue space

e l l_{1, i n f t y}^{n}

into

e l l_{1}^{n} .

Review text

As the main result, the authors give asymptotic formulae for the volume of the unit balls \(B_{p,q}^{n}\) of \(n\)-dimensional Lorentz spaces \(\ell_{p,q}^{n}\). They show \[ \left(\operatorname{vol}_{n}(B_{p,q}^{n})\right)^{\frac{1}{n}}\sim n^{-\frac{1}{p}}. \] This estimate has been essentially known: In [\textit{C. Schuett}, Compos. Math. 47, 393--407 (1982; Zbl 0477.46023)], this estimate was proved in the case that \(B_{p,q}^{n}\) is convex, which leaves the nonconvex cases \(p,q<1\). Even in this case, in [loc.\,cit.]\ a lower estimate was provided. Moreover, the estimate in [loc.\,cit.]\ is more general: Let \(X\) be an \(n\)-dimensional Banach space with a symmetric, normalized basis \(e_{1},\dots,e_{n}\) and let \(B_{X}\) be its unit ball. Then it was shown in [loc.\,cit.]\ that \[ \left(\operatorname{vol}_{n}(B_{X})\right)^{\frac{1}{n}}\sim \left\|\sum_{i=1}^{n}e_{i}\right\|_{X}^{-1}. \] The proofs are simpler in [loc.\,cit.]. The authors prove a formula for the entropy numbers of the identity mapping from \(\ell_{p,\infty}^{n}\) to \(\ell_{p}^{n}\). In fact, the same formula was proved in [\textit{C. Schuett}, J. Approx. Theory 40, 121--128 (1984; Zbl 0497.41017)] for the identity from \(\ell_{p}^{n}\) to \(\ell_{r}^{n}\).

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