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Smooth Partitions of Unity on Certain C(K) Spaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2009

Petr Hájek
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Mathematical Institute, Czech Academy of Science, Žitná 25, Praha, 11567, Czech Rep. E-mail: hajek@math.cas.cz
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One of the main open problems in the theory of Asplund spaces is whether every Asplund space admits a Fréchet differentiable bump function. This problem is also open for C(K) Asplund spaces, where it is unknown even for C-Fréchet smooth bump (a general Asplund space does not always admit C2-Fréchet smooth bump – it suffices to consider ℓ3/2[DGZ2]).

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Copyright © University College London 2005

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