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An Elementary Example of a Banach Space not Isomorphic to its Complex Conjugate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

N. J. Kalton*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65211 U.S.A. e-mail:mathnjk@mizzoul.missouri.edu
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Abstract

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We give a simple and explicit example of a complex Banach space which is not isomorphic to its complex conjugate, and hence of two real-isomorphic spaces which are not complex-isomorphic.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1995

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