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A proof of uniqueness of the Gurariĭ space

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We present a short and elementary proof of isometric uniqueness of the Gurariĭ space.

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  1. Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

    Wiesław Kubiś

  2. Institute of Mathematics, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland

    Wiesław Kubiś

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

    Sławomir Solecki

  4. Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Sławomir Solecki

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Correspondence to Wiesław Kubiś.

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Research of Kubiś supported in part by the Grant P 201/12/0290.

Research of Solecki supported by NSF grant DMS-1001623.

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Kubiś, W., Solecki, S. A proof of uniqueness of the Gurariĭ space. Isr. J. Math. 195, 449–456 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-012-0134-9

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