We investigate sequences and operators via the unconditionally p-summable sequences. We characterize the unconditionally p-null sequences in terms of a certain tensor product and then prove that, for every 1 ≤ p < ∞, a subset of a Banach space is relatively unconditionally p-compact if and only if it is contained in the closed convex hull of an unconditionally p-null sequence.
* Supported by grants: AV ĈR 101-95-02, GAĈR 201-94-0069 (Czech Republic) and NSERC 7926 (Canada).It is shown that the dual unit ball BX∗ of a Banach space X∗ in its weak star topology is a uniform Eberlein compact if and only if X admits a uniformly Gâteaux smooth norm and X is a subspace of a weakly compactly generated space. The bidual unit ball BX∗∗ of a Banach space X∗∗ in its weak star topology is a uniform Eberlein compact if and only if X admits a weakly uniformly rotund norm. In this case...
We prove uniform factorization results that describe the factorization of compact sets of compact and weakly compact operators via Hölder continuous homeomorphisms having Lipschitz continuous inverses. This yields, in particular, quantitative strengthenings of results of Graves and Ruess on the factorization through -spaces and of Aron, Lindström, Ruess, and Ryan on the factorization through universal spaces of Figiel and Johnson. Our method is based on the isometric version of the Davis-Figiel-Johnson-Pełczyński...
σ-Asplund generated Banach spaces are used to give new characterizations of subspaces of weakly compactly generated spaces and to prove some results on Radon-Nikodým compacta. We show, typically, that in the framework of weakly Lindelöf determined Banach spaces, subspaces of weakly compactly generated spaces are the same as σ-Asplund generated spaces. For this purpose, we study relationships between quantitative versions of Asplund property, dentability, differentiability, and of weak compactness...