Mazur intersection property for Asplund spaces

Abstract

The main result of the present note states that it is consistent with the ZFC axioms of set theory (relying on Martin's Maximum MM axiom), that every Asplund space of density character ${\omega }_1$ has a renorming with the Mazur intersection property. Combined with the previous result of Jim\' enez and Moreno (based upon the work of Kunen under the continuum hypothesis) we obtain that the MIP normability of Asplund spaces of density ${\omega }_1$ is undecidable in ZFC.

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