We prove that the set of elementary tensors is weakly closed in the projective tensor product of two Banach spaces. As a result, we answer a question of Rodríguez and Rueda Zoca [‘Weak precompactness in projective tensor products’, Indag. Math. (N.S.) 35(1) (2024), 60–75], proving that if $(x_n) \subset X$ and $(y_n) \subset Y$ are two weakly null sequences such that $(x_n \otimes y_n)$ converges weakly in $X \widehat {\otimes }_\pi Y$, then $(x_n \otimes y_n)$ is also weakly null.

We consider two questions on the geometry of Lipschitz-free $p$-spaces $\mathcal {F}_p$, where $0< p\leq 1$, over subsets of finite-dimensional vector spaces. We solve an open problem and show that if $(\mathcal {M}, \rho )$ is an infinite doubling metric space (e.g. an infinite subset of an Euclidean space), then $\mathcal {F}_p (\mathcal {M}, \rho ^\alpha )\simeq \ell _p$ for every $\alpha \in (0,\,1)$ and $0< p\leq 1$. An upper bound on the Banach–Mazur distance between the spaces $\mathcal {F}_p ([0, 1]^d, |\cdot |^\alpha )$ and $\ell _p$ is given. Moreover, we tackle a question due to Albiac et al. [4] and expound the role of $p$, $d$ for the Lipschitz constant of a canonical, locally coordinatewise affine retraction from $(K, |\cdot |_1)$, where $K=\cup _{Q\in \mathcal {R}} Q$ is a union of a collection $\emptyset \neq \mathcal {R} \subseteq \{ Rw + R[0,\,1]^d: w\in \mathbb {Z}^d\}$ of cubes in $\mathbb {R}^d$ with side length $R>0$, into the Lipschitz-free $p$-space $\mathcal {F}_p (V, |\cdot |_1)$ over their vertices.

Extending a result of Mashreghi and Ransford, we prove that every complex separable infinite-dimensional Fréchet space with a continuous norm is isomorphic to a space continuously included in a space of holomorphic functions on the unit disc or the complex plane, which contains the polynomials as a dense subspace. As a consequence, we deduce the existence of nuclear Fréchet spaces of holomorphic functions without the bounded approximation.

We study an (n + 1)-tensor norm αr extending to (n + 1)-fold tensor products, the classical one of Lapresté in the case n = 1. We characterise the maps of the minimal and the maximal multi-linear operator ideals related to αr in the sense of Defant and Floret (A. Defant and K. Floret, Tensor norms and operator ideals, North Holland Mathematical Studies, no. 176 (North Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1993). As an application we give a complete description of the reflexivity of the αr-tensor product (⊗j = 1n + 1 ℓuj, αr).

The classical approach to studying operator ideals using tensor norms mainly focuses on those tensor norms and operator ideals defined by means of ${{l}_{p}}$ spaces. In a previous paper, an interpolation space, defined via the real method and using ${{l}_{p}}$ spaces, was used to define a tensor norm, and the associated minimal operator ideals were characterized. In this paper, the next natural step is taken, that is, the corresponding maximal operator ideals are characterized. As an application, necessary and sufficient conditions for the coincidence of the maximal and minimal ideals are given. Finally, the previous results are used in order to find some new metric properties of the mentioned tensor norm.

The norm problem is considered for elementary operators of the form $U_{a,b}\,{:}\,{\cal A}\,{\longrightarrow}\,{\cal A},\;x\longmapsto axb\,{+}\,bxa (a,\,b\,{\in}\,{\cal A})$ in the special case when ${\cal A}$ is a subalgebra of the algebra of bounded operators on a Banach space. In particular, the lower estimate $\|U_{a,b}\|\geq\|a\|\|b\|$ is established when the Banach space is a Hilbert space and ${\cal A}$ is the algebra of all bounded linear operators.

Let $G$ be a locally compact group, $\mathrm{L}^p (G)$ be the usual $\mathrm{L}^p$-space for $1 \leq p \leq \infty$, and $\mathrm{A} (G)$ be the Fourier algebra of $G$. Our goal is to study, in a new abstract context, the completely bounded multipliers of $\mathrm{A} (G)$, which we denote $\mathrm{M_{cb}A} (G)$. We show that $\mathrm{M_{cb}A} (G)$ can be characterised as the ‘invariant part’ of the space of (completely) bounded normal $\mathrm{L}^\infty (G)$-bimodule maps on $\mathcal{B}(\mathrm{L}^2 (G))$, the space of bounded operators on $\mathrm{L}^2 (G)$. In doing this we develop a function-theoretic description of the normal $\mathrm{L}^\infty (X, \mu)$-bimodule maps on $\mathcal{B} (\mathrm{L}^2 (X, \mu))$, which we denote by $\mathrm{V}^\infty (X, \mu)$, and name the {\it measurable Schur multipliers} of $(X, \mu)$. Our approach leads to many new results, some of which generalise results hitherto known only for certain classes of groups. Those results which we develop here are a uniform approach to obtaining the functorial properties of $\mathrm{M_{cb} A} (G)$, and a concrete description of a standard predual of $\mathrm{M_{cb} A} (G)$.

Let 1 < p < + ∞ or p = 0 and let A = (an)n be an increasing sequence of strictly positive weights on I. Let F be a Fréchet space. It is proved that if λp(A) satisfies the density condition of Heinrich and a certain condition (Ct) holds, then the (LF)-space LBi(λp(A), F) is a topological subspace of Lb(λp(A), F). It is also proved that these conditions are necessary provided F = λq(A) or F contains a complemented copy of Iq with 1 < p ≤ q < +∞.

It is shown that the injective tensor product of positive vector measures in certain Banach lattices is jointly continuous with respect to the weak convergence of vector measures. This result is obtained by a diagonal convergence theorem for injective tensor integrals. Our approach to this problem is based on Bartle's bilinear integration theory.

Suppose X and Y are closed subspaces of (ΣXn)p and (ΣYn)q (1 < p ≦ q < ∞, dim Xn < ∞, dimYn < ∞), respectively. If K(X, Y), the space of the compact linear operators from X to Y, is dense in L(X, Y), the space of the bounded linear operators from X to Y, in the strong operator topology, then K(X, Y) is an M-ideal in L(X, Y).

Let X and Y be Banach spaces, L(X, Y) the space of bounded linear operators from X to Y and C(X, Y) its subspace of the compact operators. A sequence {Ti} in C(X, Y) is said to be an unconditional compact expansion of T ∈ L (X, Y) if ∑ Tix converges unconditionally to Tx for every x ∈ X. We prove: (1) If there exists a non-compact T ∈ L(X, Y) admitting an unconditional compact expansion then C(X, Y) is not complemented in L(X, Y), and (2) Let X and Y be classical Banach spaces (i.e. spaces whose duals are some LP(μ) spaces) then either L(X, Y) = C(X, Y) or C(X, Y) is not complemented in L(X, Y).