SOME REMARKS CONCERNING THE DAUGAVET EQUATION

Abstract

We say that a normed space X has the Daugavet property (DP) if for every finite rank operator K in X the equality ∥I + T∥ = 1 + ∥T∥ holds. It is known that C[0,1] and L ₁[0,1] have DP. We prove that if X has DP then X has no unconditional basis. We also discuss anti-Daugavet property, hereditary DP-spaces and construct a strictly convex normed space having DP.