Isomorphisms of {mathcal {C}}(K, E) Spaces and Height of K

Abstract

Let K_1, K_2 be compact Hausdorff spaces and E_1, E_2 be Banach spaces not containing a copy of c_0. We establish lower estimates of the Banach–Mazur distance between the spaces of continuous functions {mathcal {C}}(K_1, E_1) and {mathcal {C}}(K_2, E_2) based on the ordinals ht(K_1), ht(K_2), which are new even for the case of spaces of real-valued functions on ordinal intervals. As a corollary we deduce that {mathcal {C}}(K_1, E_1) and {mathcal {C}}(K_2, E_2) are not isomorphic if ht(K_1) is substantially different from ht(K_2).