Introduction to Banach Spaces: Analysis and Probability Introduction to Banach Spaces: Analysis and Probability 2 Volume Hardback Set (Series Numbers 166-167) Series

This two-volume text provides a complete overview of the theory of Banach spaces, emphasising its interplay with classical and harmonic analysis (particularly Sidon sets) and probability. The authors give a full exposition of all results, as well as numerous exercises and comments to complement the text and aid graduate students in functional analysis. The book will also be an invaluable reference volume for researchers in analysis. Volume 1 covers the basics of Banach space theory, operatory theory in Banach spaces, harmonic analysis and probability. The authors also provide an annex devoted to compact Abelian groups. Volume 2 focuses on applications of the tools presented in the first volume, including Dvoretzky's theorem, spaces without the approximation property, Gaussian processes, and more. Four leading experts also provide surveys outlining major developments in the field since the publication of the original French edition.

Preface; 1. Euclidean sections; 2. Separable Banach spaces without the approximation property; 3. Gaussian processes; 4. Reflexive subspaces of L1; 5. The method of selectors. Examples of its use; 6. The Pisier space of almost surely continuous functions. Applications; Appendix. News in the theory of infinite-dimensional Banach spaces in the past twenty years G. Godefroy; An update on some problems in high dimensional convex geometry and related probabilistic results O. Guédon; A few updates and pointers G. Pisier; On the mesh condition for Sidon sets L. Rodriguez-Piazza; Bibliography; Author index; Notation index; Subject index.

Daniel Li is a Professor at Université d'Artois, France.
Hervé Queffélec is Emeritus Professor at Université de Lille I, France. He has published over 60 papers, two research books, and four textbooks, including Twelve Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Analysis (Cambridge, 2015).