For a polish space M and a Banach space E let B1 (M, E) be the space of first Baire class functions from M to E, endowed with the pointwise weak topology. We study the compact subsets of B1 (M, E) and show that the fundamental results proved by Rosenthal, Bourgain, Fremlin, Talagrand and Godefroy, in case E = R, also hold true in the general case. For instance: a subset of B1 (M, E) is compact iff it is sequentially (resp. countably) compact, the convex hull of a compact bounded subset of B1 (M,...

We characterize compact composition operators acting on weighted Bergman-Orlicz spaces ${}_{\alpha }^{\psi }=f\in H\left(\right):{\int }_{}\psi \left(\right|f\left(z\right)\left|\right)d{A}_{\alpha }\left(z\right)<\infty$, where α > -1 and ψ is a strictly increasing, subadditive convex function defined on [0,∞) and satisfying ψ(0) = 0, the growth condition $li{m}_{t\to \infty }\psi \left(t\right)/t=\infty$ and the Δ₂-condition. In fact, we prove that $C_{\phi }$ is compact on ${}_{\alpha }^{\psi }$ if and only if it is compact on the weighted Bergman space ${²}_{\alpha }$.

We consider the compactness of derivations from commutative Banach algebras into their dual modules. We show that if there are no compact derivations from a commutative Banach algebra, A, into its dual module, then there are no compact derivations from A into any symmetric A-bimodule; we also prove analogous results for weakly compact derivations and for bounded derivations of finite rank. We then characterise the compact derivations from the convolution algebra ℓ¹(ℤ₊) to its dual. Finally, we give...

We consider a generalized Hardy operator $Tf\left(x\right)=\varphi \left(x\right){ʃ}_0^x\psi fv$. For T to be bounded from a weighted Banach function space (X,v) into another, (Y,w), it is always necessary that the Muckenhoupt-type condition $ℬ=su{p}_{R>0}\parallel \varphi {\chi }_{(R,\infty )}{\parallel }_Y\parallel \psi {\chi }_{(0,R)}{\parallel }_{X^{\text{'}}}<\infty$ be satisfied. We say that (X,Y) belongs to the category M(T) if this Muckenhoupt condition is also sufficient. We prove a general criterion for compactness of T from X to Y when (X,Y) ∈ M(T) and give an estimate for the distance of T from the finite rank operators. We apply the results to Lorentz spaces and characterize...

We find necessary and sufficient conditions on a pair of rearrangement-invariant norms, ϱ and σ, in order that the Sobolev space $W^{m,\varrho }\left(\Omega \right)$ be compactly imbedded into the rearrangement-invariant space $L_{\sigma }\left(\Omega \right)$, where Ω is a bounded domain in ℝⁿ with Lipschitz boundary and 1 ≤ m ≤ n-1. In particular, we establish the equivalence of the compactness of the Sobolev imbedding with the compactness of a certain Hardy operator from $L_{\varrho }(0,|\Omega \left|\right)$ into $L_{\sigma }(0,|\Omega \left|\right)$. The results are illustrated with examples in which ϱ and σ are both Orlicz norms...

A characterization is given of those Banach-space-valued vector measures m with finite variation whose associated integration operator Iₘ: f ↦ ∫fdm is compact as a linear map from L¹(m) into the Banach space. Moreover, in every infinite-dimensional Banach space there exist nontrivial vector measures m (with finite variation) such that Iₘ is compact, and other m (still with finite variation) such that Iₘ is not compact. If m has infinite variation, then Iₘ is never compact.

We consider compactness, weak compactness and complete continuity for multiplication operators on von Neumann algebras and their preduals.

We prove an abstract comparison principle which translates gaussian cotype into Rademacher cotype conditions and vice versa. More precisely, let 2 < q < ∞ and T: C(K) → F a continuous linear operator. (1) T is of gaussian cotype q if and only if ${\left({\sum }_k{(\left(\parallel T{x}_k{\parallel }_F\right)/\left(\surd log(k+1)\right))}^q\right)}^{1/q}\le c\parallel {\sum }_k{\varepsilon }_k{x}_k{\parallel }_{L_2\left(C\left(K\right)\right)}$, for all sequences ${\left(x_k\right)}_{k\in \mathbb{N}}\subset C\left(K\right)$ with ${\left(\parallel T{x}_k\parallel \right)}_{k=1}^n$ decreasing. (2) T is of Rademacher cotype q if and only if $({\sum }_k{\left(\parallel T{x}_k{\parallel }_F\surd \left({\left(log(k+1)\right)}^q\right)\right)}^{1/q}\le c\parallel {\sum }_k{g}_k{x}_k{\parallel }_{L_2\left(C\left(K\right)\right)}$, for all sequences ${\left(x_k\right)}_{k\in \mathbb{N}}\subset C\left(K\right)$ with ${\left(\parallel T{x}_k\parallel \right)}_{k=1}^n$ decreasing. Our method allows a restriction to a fixed number of vectors and complements the corresponding results of Talagrand.

Last years, the search for a good theory of quantum dynamical entropy has been very much intensified. This is not only due to its usefulness in quantum probability but mainly because it is a very promising tool for the theory of quantum chaos. Nowadays, there are several constructions which try to fulfill this need, some of which are more mathematically inspired such as CNT (Connes, Narnhofer, Thirring), and the one proposed by Voiculescu, others are more inspired by physics such as ALF (Alicki,...