For every α < ω₁ we establish the existence of a separable Banach space whose Szlenk index is and which is universal for all separable Banach spaces whose Szlenk index does not exceed . In order to prove that result we provide an intrinsic characterization of which Banach spaces embed into a space admitting an FDD with Tsirelson type upper estimates.
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author = {D. Freeman and E. Odell and Th. Schlumprecht and A. Zs\'ak},
title = {Banach spaces of bounded Szlenk index II},
journal = {Fundamenta Mathematicae},
volume = {205},
year = {2009},
pages = {161-177},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-fm205-2-5}
}
D. Freeman; E. Odell; Th. Schlumprecht; A. Zsák. Banach spaces of bounded Szlenk index II. Fundamenta Mathematicae, Tome 205 (2009) pp. 161-177. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-fm205-2-5/