Finite cotype problem for
Does have finite cotype?
References
References
J.~Bri"et, A.~Naor, and O.~Regev, \emph{Locally decodable codes and the failure of cotype for projective tensor products}, Electron. Res. Announc. Math. Sci. \textbf{19} , 120--130.
Progress summary
The question remains open publicly; a one-line community submission claims the answer is no but gives no proof.
The problem asks whether the threefold projective tensor product of Hilbert sequence spaces has finite cotype. The public literature explicitly described this as open, and no verified resolution was found.
Known results
- Briët, Naor, and Regev (2012) proved failure of finite cotype for when ; the present case has sum .
- A 2016 paper on projective tensor products stated that the threefold case remained unknown.
Community submission (unverified), September 13, 2026
A submitted one-line claim says the space has no finite cotype. It supplies no proof or supporting reference, so this is not evidence of a resolution.
Current status (as of September 2026): The question remains unsettled; the classical parameter-range results do not cover , and the September 13, 2026 community claim is unverified.
Solutions 1
CounterexampleNo finite cotypeSee full solution
No finite cotype
- triple_projective_banach_cotype_polished.pdfOpen