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Let (Ω,A,μ) be a probability space, K the scalar field R of real numbers or C of complex numbers,and (S,X) a random normed space over K with base (ω,A,μ). Denote the support of (S,X) by E, namely E is the essential supremum of the set {A ∈ A: there exists an element p in S such that X p (ω) > 0 for almost all ω in A}. In this paper, Banach-Alaoglu theorem in a random normed space is first established as follows: The random closed unit ball S *(1) = {f ∈ S *: X * f ⩽ 1} of the random conjugate space (S *,X *) of (S,X) is compact under the random weak star topology on (S *,X *) iff E∩A=: {E∩A | A ∈ A} is essentially purely μ-atomic (namely, there exists a disjoint family {A n : n ∈ N} of at most countably many μ-atoms from E ∩ A such that E = ∪ ∞ n=1 A n and for each element F in E ∩ A, there is an H in the σ-algebra generated by {A n : n ∈ N} satisfying μ(FΔH) = 0), whose proof forces us to provide a key topological skill, and thus is much more involved than the corresponding classical case. Further, Banach-Bourbaki-Kakutani-Šmulian (briefly, BBKS) theorem in a complete random normed module is established as follows: If (S,X) is a complete random normed module, then the random closed unit ball S(1) = {p ∈ S: X p ⩽ 1} of (S,X) is compact under the random weak topology on (S,X) iff both (S,X) is random reflexive and E ∩ A is essentially purely μ-atomic. Our recent work shows that the famous classical James theorem still holds for an arbitrary complete random normed module, namely a complete random normed module is random reflexive iff the random norm of an arbitrary almost surely bounded random linear functional on it is attainable on its random closed unit ball, but this paper shows that the classical Banach-Alaoglu theorem and BBKS theorem do not hold universally for complete random normed modules unless they possess extremely simple stratification structure, namely their supports are essentially purely μ-atomic. Combining the James theorem and BBKS theorem in complete random normed modules leads directly to an interesting phenomenum: there exist many famous classical propositions that are mutually equivalent in the case of Banach spaces, some of which remain to be mutually equivalent in the context of arbitrary complete random normed modules, whereas the other of which are no longer equivalent to another in the context of arbitrary complete random normed modules unless the random normed modules in question possess extremely simple stratification structure. Such a phenomenum is, for the first time, discovered in the course of the development of random metric theory.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10471115)
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Guo, T. The relation of Banach-Alaoglu theorem and Banach-Bourbaki-Kakutani-Šmulian theorem in complete random normed modules to stratification structure. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 51, 1651–1663 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-008-0047-6
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Keywords
- random normed module
- random reflexivity
- random weak star compactness
- random weak compactness
- stratification structure