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The basic sequence problem

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, U.S.A.

Abstract

We construct a quasi-Banach space X which contains no basic sequence.

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Studia Mathematica
1995/116/2
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Pages:
167-187
Main language of publication
English
Received
1994-10-17
Accepted
1995-04-26
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences