Milman-moduli characterization of the zeta-minus and zeta-plus moduli

Let XX be an arbitrary Banach space. For positive ε\varepsilon, let ζX\zeta^{-}_{X} and ζX+\zeta^{+}_{X} be the relevant moduli, and let Milman's moduli be

βX(ε)=infx,yB1(o){max{x+εy,xεy}1},\beta^{-}_{X}(\varepsilon)=\inf_{x,y\in\partial\mathfrak{B}_{1}(o)}\left\{\max\{\lVert x+\varepsilon y\rVert,\lVert x-\varepsilon y\rVert\}-1\right\}, βX+(ε)=supx,yB1(o){min{x+εy,xεy}1}.\beta^{+}_{X}(\varepsilon)=\sup_{x,y\in\partial\mathfrak{B}_{1}(o)}\left\{\min\{\lVert x+\varepsilon y\rVert,\lVert x-\varepsilon y\rVert\}-1\right\}.

Milman-moduli conjecture. For positive ε\varepsilon,

ζX(ε)1=βX(ε)andζX+(ε)1=βX+(ε).\zeta^{-}_{X}(\varepsilon)-1=\beta^{-}_{X}(\varepsilon)\quad\text{and}\quad \zeta^{+}_{X}(\varepsilon)-1=\beta^{+}_{X}(\varepsilon).

The claim follows the authors' observation that in the definitions of Milman's moduli it should suffice to take only yxy\perp x in the sense intended by the source. No proof or resolution is supplied.

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Grigiry Ivanov and Horst Martini, “New Moduli for Banach Spaces”, arXiv:1609.01587 (2016).

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