Description
This book focuses on the major applications of martingales to the geometry of Banach spaces, and a substantial discussion of harmonic analysis in Banach space valued Hardy spaces is also presented. It covers exciting links between super-reflexivity and some metric spaces related to computer science, as well as an outline of the recently developed theory of non-commutative martingales, which has natural connections with quantum physics and quantum information theory. Requiring few prerequisites and providing fully detailed proofs for the main results, this self-contained study is accessible to graduate students with a basic knowledge of real and complex analysis and functional analysis. Chapters can be read independently, with each building from the introductory notes, and the diversity of topics included also means this book can serve as the basis for a variety of graduate courses.
This book focuses on applications of martingales to the geometry of Banach spaces, and is accessible to graduate students.
About the Author
Gilles Pisier is Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris VI, where he worked from 1981 to 2010. He is also a Distinguished Professor and holder of the Owen Chair in Mathematics at Texas A&M University. His international prizes include the Salem Prize in harmonic analysis (1979), the Ostrowski Prize (1997), and the Stefan Banach Medal (2001). He is a member of the Paris Academie des Sciences, a Foreign member of the Polish and Indian Academies of Science, and a Fellow of both the IMS and the AMS. He is also the author of several books, notably The Volume of Convex Bodies and Banach Space Geometry (Cambridge, 1989) and Introduction to Operator Space Theory (Cambridge, 2003).
Reviews
'This book is devoted to various aspects affirming the importance of martingale techniques throughout the development of modern Banach space theory. ... The book is self-contained and is quite accessible with only a basic functional analysis background. In particular, it does not assume any prior knowledge of scalar-valued martingale theory. ... It is this reviewer's opinion that this excellent book will appeal to a wide audience and will become a classic reference in martingale theory.' Narcisse Randrianantoanina, Mathematical Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781107137240
Author Gilles Pisier
Format Hardback
Page Count 580
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 930g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 157mm * 36mm
This book focuses on applications of martingales to the geometry of Banach spaces, and is accessible to graduate students.
About the Author
Gilles Pisier is Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris VI, where he worked from 1981 to 2010. He is also a Distinguished Professor and holder of the Owen Chair in Mathematics at Texas A&M University. His international prizes include the Salem Prize in harmonic analysis (1979), the Ostrowski Prize (1997), and the Stefan Banach Medal (2001). He is a member of the Paris Academie des Sciences, a Foreign member of the Polish and Indian Academies of Science, and a Fellow of both the IMS and the AMS. He is also the author of several books, notably The Volume of Convex Bodies and Banach Space Geometry (Cambridge, 1989) and Introduction to Operator Space Theory (Cambridge, 2003).
Reviews
'This book is devoted to various aspects affirming the importance of martingale techniques throughout the development of modern Banach space theory. ... The book is self-contained and is quite accessible with only a basic functional analysis background. In particular, it does not assume any prior knowledge of scalar-valued martingale theory. ... It is this reviewer's opinion that this excellent book will appeal to a wide audience and will become a classic reference in martingale theory.' Narcisse Randrianantoanina, Mathematical Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781107137240
Author Gilles Pisier
Format Hardback
Page Count 580
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 930g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 157mm * 36mm
