Aspects of the uniform λ-property

If Z is a uniformly convex normed space, the quotient space , which is not strictly convexifiable, is shown to have the unifonn λ -property and its -function is calculated. An example is given of a Banach space X with a closed linear subspace Y such that Y and and strictly convex, yet X fails to have the λ- property. Convex sequences which generate are characterized