We characterize Banach lattices $E$ and $F$ on which the adjoint of each operator from $E$ into $F$ which is order Dunford-Pettis and weak Dunford-Pettis, is Dunford-Pettis. More precisely, we show that if $E$ and $F$ are two Banach lattices then each order Dunford-Pettis and weak Dunford-Pettis operator $T$ from $E$ into $F$ has an adjoint Dunford-Pettis operator $T^{\text{'}}$ from $F^{\text{'}}$ into $E^{\text{'}}$ if, and only if, the norm of $E^{\text{'}}$ is order continuous or $F^{\text{'}}$ has the Schur property. As a consequence we show that, if $E$ and $F$ are two Banach...

We study Kalton's theorem on the unconditional convergence of series of compact operators and we use some matrix techniques to obtain sufficient conditions, weaker than the previous one, on the convergence and unconditional convergence of series of compact operators.

Let $L\left(H\right)$ denote the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex infinite dimensional Hilbert space $H$. For $A,B\in L\left(H\right)$, the generalized derivation ${\delta }_{A,B}$ and the multiplication operator $M_{A,B}$ are defined on $L\left(H\right)$ by ${\delta }_{A,B}\left(X\right)=AX-XB$ and $M_{A,B}\left(X\right)=AXB$. In this paper, we give a characterization of bounded operators $A$ and $B$ such that the range of $M_{A,B}$ is closed. We present some sufficient conditions for ${\delta }_{A,B}$ to have closed range. Some related results are also given.

We show that a stochastic operator acting on the Banach lattice $L^1\left(m\right)$ of all $m$-integrable functions on $(X,𝒜)$ is quasi-compact if and only if it is uniformly smoothing (see the definition below).

For a scalar λ, two operators T and S are said to λ-commute if TS = λST. In this note we explore the pervasiveness of the operators that λ-commute with a compact operator by characterizing the closure and the interior of the set of operators with this property.

For p ≥ 1, a set K in a Banach space X is said to be relatively p-compact if there exists a p-summable sequence (xₙ) in X with $K\subseteq \sum ₙ\alpha ₙxₙ:\left(\alpha ₙ\right)\in B_{{\ell }_{p^{\text{'}}}}$. We prove that an operator T: X → Y is p-compact (i.e., T maps bounded sets to relatively p-compact sets) iff T* is quasi p-nuclear. Further, we characterize p-summing operators as those operators whose adjoints map relatively compact sets to relatively p-compact sets.

Let E be an ideal of L⁰ over a σ-finite measure space (Ω,Σ,μ). For a real Banach space $(X,|\left|·\right|{|}_X)$ let E(X) be a subspace of the space L⁰(X) of μ-equivalence classes of strongly Σ-measurable functions f: Ω → X and consisting of all those f ∈ L⁰(X) for which the scalar function ${\left|\right|f\left(·\right)\left|\right|}_X$ belongs to E. Let E(X)˜ stand for the order dual of E(X). For u ∈ E⁺ let $D_u(={f\in E\left(X\right):\left|\right|f\left(·\right)\left|\right|}_X\le u)$ stand for the order interval in E(X). For a real Banach space $(Y,|\left|·\right|{|}_Y)$ a linear operator T: E(X) → Y is said to be order-bounded whenever for each u ∈ E⁺ the set...

We study classes of operators represented as a pointwise absolutely convergent series of simpler ones, starting with rank 1 operators. In this short note we address the question, how far the repetition of this procedure can lead.

We consider a continuous derivation D on a Banach algebra 𝓐 such that p(D) is a compact operator for some polynomial p. It is shown that either 𝓐 has a nonzero finite-dimensional ideal not contained in the radical rad(𝓐) of 𝓐 or there exists another polynomial p̃ such that p̃(D) maps 𝓐 into rad(𝓐). A special case where Dⁿ is compact is discussed in greater detail.

We prove in particular that Banach spaces of the form C₀(Ω), where Ω is a locally compact space, enjoy a quantitative version of the reciprocal Dunford-Pettis property.

In this paper, it is proved that the Banach algebra $\overline{\left(ℒ\right)}$, generated by a Lie algebra ℒ of operators, consists of quasinilpotent operators if ℒ consists of quasinilpotent operators and $\overline{\left(ℒ\right)}$ consists of polynomially compact operators. It is also proved that $\overline{\left(ℒ\right)}$ consists of quasinilpotent operators if ℒ is an essentially nilpotent Engel Lie algebra generated by quasinilpotent operators. Finally, Banach algebras generated by essentially nilpotent Lie algebras are shown to be compactly quasinilpotent.