{ "id": "math/9610211", "version": "v1", "published": "1996-10-07T00:00:00.000Z", "updated": "1996-10-07T00:00:00.000Z", "title": "Kernels of surjections from ${\\cal L}_1$-spaces with an application to Sidon sets", "authors": [ "Nigel J. Kalton", "A. Pelczynski" ], "categories": [ "math.FA" ], "abstract": "If $Q$ is a surjection from $L^1(\\mu)$, $\\mu$ $\\sigma$-finite, onto a Banach space containing $c_0$ then (*) $\\ker Q$ is uncomplemented in its second dual. If $Q$ is a surjection from an ${\\cal L}_1$-space onto a Banach space containing uniformly $\\ell_n^\\infty$ ($n=1,2,\\dots$) then (**) there exists a bounded linear operator from $\\ker Q$ into a Hilbert space which is not 2-absolutely summing. Let $S$ be an infinite Sidon set in the dual group $\\Gamma$ of a compact abelian group $G$. Then $L^1_{\\tilde{S}}(G)=\\{f\\in L^1(G): \\hat{f}(\\gamma)=0$ for $\\gamma\\in S\\}$ satisfies (*) and (**) hence $L^1_{\\tilde{S}}(G)$ is not an ${\\cal L}_1$-space and is not isomorphic to a Banach lattice.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "1996-10-07T00:00:00.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "46B03", "43A46" ], "keywords": [ "surjection", "application", "banach space containing", "infinite sidon set", "compact abelian group" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "1996math.....10211K" } } }