Relatively weakly open convex combinations of slices and scattered C^*-algebras

Abstract: We prove that given a locally compact Hausdorff space,

K

, and a compact C

^{*}

-algebra,

m a t h c a l A

, the C

^{*}

-algebra

C (K, m a t h c a l A)

satisfies that every convex combination of slices of the closed unit ball is relatively weakly open subset of the closed unit ball if and only if

K

is scattered and

m a t h c a l A

is the

c_{0}

-sum of finite-dimensional C

^{*}

-algebras. We introduce and study Banach spaces which have property

(o v e r l i n e h b o x P 1)

, i. e. For every convex combination of slices

C

of the unit ball of a Banach space

X

and

x i n C

there exists

W

relatively weakly open set containing

x

, such that

W s u b s e t e q o v e r l i n e C

. In the setting of general C

^{*}

-algebras we obtain a characterization of this property. Indeed, a C

^{*}

-algebra has property

(o v e r l i n e h b o x P 1)

if and only if is scattered with finite dimensional irreducible representations. Some stability results for Banach spaces satisfying property

(o v e r l i n e h b o x P 1)

are also given. As a consequence of these results we prove that a real

L_{1}

-predual Banach space contains no isomorphic copy of

e l l_{1}

if and only if it has property

(o v e r l i n e h b o x P 1)

.

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