Tsirelson space
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, Tsirelson space T is an example of a reflexive
Reflexive space
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 Banach space
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 in which neither an l p space
Lp space
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 nor a c0 space
Lp space
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 can be embedded.

It was introduced by B. S. Tsirelson in 1974. In the same year, Figiel and Johnson published a related article; there they used for the dual of the Tsirelson space.

Construction

Let denote the linear operator which sets all coordinates , to zero.

We call a sequence block-disjoint, if for each there are natural numbers and , so that when or . Also, .

Define these four properties for a set :
  1. is contained in the unit ball of . Every unit vector  is in .
  2. (pointwise comparison)
  3. For any , let be a block-disjoint sequence in , then .
  4. .


We define as the space with unit ball , where is an absolutely convex
Convex set
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 weakly
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 compact set, for which (1)-(4) hold true. It may be noted that a set with the given properties exists, but is not unique.

Properties

The Tsirelson space is reflexive
Reflexive space
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 and finitely universal. Also, every infinite-dimensional subspace is finitely universal.

Derived spaces

The symmetric Tsirelson space is polynomially reflexive
Polynomially reflexive space
In mathematics, a polynomially reflexive space is a Banach space X, on which the space of all polynomials in each degree is a reflexive space....

 and it has the approximation property
Approximation property
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. As with , it is reflexive and no space can be embedded into it.

Since it is symmetric, it can be defined even on an uncountable supporting set, giving an example of non-separable polynomially reflexive
Polynomially reflexive space
In mathematics, a polynomially reflexive space is a Banach space X, on which the space of all polynomials in each degree is a reflexive space....

 Banach space
Banach space
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