Geometric Aspects of Banach Spaces

This volume concentrates on some important and contemporary themes in Banach space theory.

1. Antonio Plans: a biographical outline E. Martin-Peinador; 2. Infinite dimensional geometric moduli and type-cotype theory V. Milman and A. Perelson; 3. Hilbert space revisited J. R. Retherford; 4. Particular M-basic sequences in Banach spaces P. Terenzi; 5. Behaviour of semi-Fredholm operators on a Hilbert cube A. A. Rodés; 6. Operators on vector sequence spaces F. Bombal; 7. On the duality problem for entropy numbers H. König; 8. Mixed summing norms and finite dimensional Lorentz spaces G. J. O. Jameson; 9. On the extension of 2-polynomials in normed linear spaces C. Benitez and M. C. Otero; 10. On some operator ideals defined by approximation numbers F. Cobos and I. Resina; 11. Some remarks on the compact non-nuclear operator problem K. John; 12. On some properties of A*, L1/H1o as Banach algebras J. C. Candeal and J. E. Galé; 13. On factorization of operators M. Golzález and V. M. Onieva; 14. Some properties of Banach spaces Z**/Z M. Valdivia.