On Saab's characterizations of weak Radon-Nikodym sets (Q1076935)

\textit{E. Saab} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 86, 307-311 (1982; Zbl 0494.46047)] gave a characterization theorem of weak*-compact convex sets with the weak Radon-Nikodym property (WRNP), making use of factorization theorems, the characterization theorem of weak*-compact absolutely convex sets with the WRNP and a general theorem on pointwise relatively compact sets consisting of continuous functions in the space of universally measurable functions. Our purpose of this paper is to obtain this Saab's theorem by a slightly direct and vector-valued measure theoretic process without invoking any factorization theorem and absolutely convex argument. The most interesting (and different) point of our proof is that we make the best use of \textit{H. P. Rosenthal}'s Theorem 3.17 in [Bull. Am. Math. soc. 84, 803-831 (1978; Zbl 0391.46016)] and the well-known lifting theorem for vector measures rather than Rosenthal's signal theorem on Banach spaces not containing \(\ell_ 1\) and factorization theorems. Furthermore, some other aspects of weak*-compact convex sets with the WRNP has been studied systematically through our method. These facts may allow us to say that our method is very effective, powerful and fundamental on the study of weak*-compact convex sets with the WRNP.