In [K.-I. Mitani and K.-S. Saito, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 327 (2007), 898–907] we characterized the strict convexity, uniform convexity and uniform non-squareness of Banach spaces using ψ-direct sums of two Banach spaces, where ψ is a continuous convex function with some appropriate conditions on [0, 1]. In this paper, we characterize the Bn-convexity and Jn-convexity of Banach spaces using ψ-dire...

Constructive properties of uniform convexity, strict convexity, near convexity, and metric convexity in real normed linear spaces are considered. Examples show that certain classical theorems, such as the existence of points of osculation, are constructively invalid. The methods used are in accord with principles introduced by Errett Bishop.

We show that if Lr(X), 1 < r < ∞, has an asymptotically uniformly convex renorming of power type then X admits a uniformly convex norm of power type.