Some new examples of K-monotone couples of the type (X,X(w)), where X is a symmetric space on [0,1] and w is a weight on [0,1], are presented. Based on the property of w-decomposability of a symmetric space we show that, if a weight w changes sufficiently fast, all symmetric spaces X with non-trivial Boyd indices such that the Banach couple (X,X(w)) is K-monotone belong to the class of ultrasymmetric Orlicz spaces. If, in addition, the fundamental function of X is $t^{1/p}$ for some p ∈ [1,∞], then $X=L_p$. At...

We abstractly characterize Lipschitz spaces in terms of having a lattice-complete unit ball and a separating family of pure normal states. We then formulate a notion of "measurable metric space" and characterize the corresponding Lipschitz spaces in terms of having a lattice complete unit ball and a separating family of normal states.

Let ϕ: ℝ → ℝ₊ ∪ 0 be an even convex continuous function with ϕ(0) = 0 and ϕ(u) > 0 for all u > 0 and let w be a weight function. u₀ and v₀ are defined by u₀ = supu: ϕ is linear on (0,u), v₀=supv: w is constant on (0,v) (where sup∅ = 0). We prove the following theorem. Theorem. Suppose that ${\Lambda }_{\varphi ,w}(0,\infty )$ (respectively, ${\Lambda }_{\varphi ,w}(0,1)$) is an order continuous Lorentz-Orlicz space. (1) ${\Lambda }_{\varphi ,w}$ has normal structure if and only if u₀ = 0 (respectively, ${\int }^{v₀}\varphi \left(u₀\right)·w<2andu₀<\infty ).$(2) ${\Lambda }_{\varphi ,w}$ has weakly normal structure if and only if ${\int }_0^{v₀}\varphi \left(u₀\right)·w<2$.

In the paper we study the existence of nonzero positive invariant elements for positive operators in Riesz spaces. The class of Riesz spaces for which the results are valid is large enough to contain all the Banach lattices with order continuous norms. All the results obtained in earlier works deal with positive operators in KB-spaces and in many of them the approach is based upon the use of Banach limits. The methods created for KB-spaces cannot be extended to our more general setting; that is...

It is known that there is a continuous linear functional on L ∞ which is not narrow. On the other hand, every order-to-norm continuous AM-compact operator from L ∞(μ) to a Banach space is narrow. We study order-to-norm continuous operators acting from L ∞(μ) with a finite atomless measure μ to a Banach space. One of our main results asserts that every order-to-norm continuous operator from L ∞(μ) to c 0(Γ) is narrow while not every such an operator is AM-compact.

Spaces of cone absolutely summing maps are generalizations of Bochner spaces L p(μ, Y), where (Ω, Σ, μ) is some measure space, 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ and Y is a Banach space. The Hiai-Umegaki space $${ℒ}^1\left[\sum ,cbf\left(X\right)\right]$$ of integrably bounded functions F: Ω → cbf(X), where the latter denotes the set of all convex bounded closed subsets of a separable Banach space X, is a set-valued analogue of L 1(μ, X). The aim of this work is to introduce set-valued cone absolutely summing maps as a generalization of $${ℒ}^1\left[\sum ,cbf\left(X\right)\right]$$ , and to derive necessary...

We study positive linear Volterra integro-differential equations in Banach lattices. A characterization of positive equations is given. Furthermore, an explicit spectral criterion for uniformly asymptotic stability of positive equations is presented. Finally, we deal with problems of robust stability of positive systems under structured perturbations. Some explicit stability bounds with respect to these perturbations are given.

In this paper, we introduce and study new concepts of b-L-weakly and order M-weakly compact operators. As consequences, we obtain some characterizations of KB-spaces.

We introduce a new class of operators that generalizes L-weakly compact operators, which we call order almost L-weakly compact. We give some characterizations of this class and we show that this class of operators satisfies the domination problem.

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 introduce and study the disjoint weak $p$-convergent operators in Banach lattices, and we give a characterization of it in terms of sequences in the positive cones. As an application, we derive the domination and the duality properties of the class of positive disjoint weak $p$-convergent operators. Next, we examine the relationship between disjoint weak $p$-convergent operators and disjoint $p$-convergent operators. Finally, we characterize order bounded disjoint weak $p$-convergent operators in terms...