A characterization of Schwartz spaces (Q1107787)

It is proved that a locally convex space E is a Schwartz space iff it is quasi-normable and every equicontinuous weak* convergent sequence in the dual of E is strongly convergent. The result depends on the characterization of compact operators between Banach spaces as precisely those which are representable as the product of three limited operators. Several applications are given. For example, if E is quasi-normable and the space of compact mappings \(K_{\beta}(E,c_ 0)\) is a complemented subspace of \(L_{\beta}(E,c_ 0)\), then E is Schwartz.