A note on universal operators between separable Banach spaces

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Abstract: We compare two types of universal operators constructed relatively recently by Cabello S'anchez, and the authors. The first operator Omega acts on the Gurarii space, while the second one PS has values in a fixed separable Banach space S. We show that if S is the Gurarii space, then both operators are isometric. We also prove that, for a fixed space S, the operator PS is isometrically unique. Finally, we show that Omega is generic in the sense of a natural infinite game.


This article is set in the realm of separable Banach spaces. A~universal operator is defined as one for which every other bounded linear operator, with norm no larger, is essentially a restriction of it. The domain and codomain of such an operator must be universal for separable Banach spaces. The authors [J. Oper. Theory 73, No. 1, 143--158 (2015; Zbl 1424.47002)] previously constructed a universal operator, denoted \(\Omega\), on the Gurarii space. A~left-universal operator is defined as one for which every other bounded linear operator, with the same codomain and norm no larger, is essentially a restriction of it. A~left-universal operator whose codomain is a universal space must be a universal operator. A~special converse is proved here: \(\Omega\) is left-universal. \textit{F. Cabello Sánchez} and the authors [J. Funct. Anal. 267, No. 3, 744--771 (2014; Zbl 1321.46003)] showed that any separable Banach space \({\mathbb S}\) is the codomain of a left-universal operator \(P_{\mathbb S}\). The main theme of this article is the relationship between \(\Omega\) and \(P_{\mathbb S}\); amongst other things, it is shown that they coincide when \({\mathbb S}\) is the Gurarii space.











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