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Isomorphic and isometric structure of the optimal domains for Hardy-type operators

We investigate structure of the optimal domains for the Hardy-type operators including, for example, the classical Cesàro, Copson and Volterra operators as well as for some of their generalizations. We prove that, in some sense, the abstract Cesàro and Copson function spaces are closely related to the space $L^1$, namely, they contain "in the middle" a complemented copy of $L^1[0,1]$, asymptotically isometric copy of $\ell^1$ and also can be renormed to contain an isometric copy of $L^1[0,1]$. Moreover, the generalized Tandori function spaces are quite similar to $L^\infty$ because they contain an isometric copy of $\ell^\infty$ and can be renormed to contain an isometric copy of $L^\infty[0,1]$. Several applications to the metric fixed point theory will be given. Next, we prove that the Cesàro construction $X \mapsto CX$ does not commutate with the truncation operation of the measure space support. We also study whether a given property transfers between a Banach function space $X$ and the space $TX$, where $T$ is the Cesàro or the Copson operator. In particular, we find a large class of properties which do not lift from $TX$ into $X$ and prove that the abstract Cesàro and Copson function spaces are never reflexive, are not isomorphic to a dual space and do not have the Radon--Nikodym property in general.