Twisted Hilbert spaces defined by bi-Lipschitz maps

Abstract

We obtain an infinite-dimensional cone of singular twisted Hilbert spaces $Z(\varphi)$ which are isomorphic to their duals but not to their conjugate duals. We do that by showing that the subset of all bi-Lipschitz maps from $[0, \infty)$ to $\mathbb{R}$ is coneable. We also provide a characterization of the Kalton-Peck space among all twisted Hilbert spaces of the form $Z(\varphi)$, which gives a partial answer to a conjecture of F. Cabello S\'anchez and J. Castillo.