On measures of weak noncompactness (Q1107808)

The authors give an axiomatic definition of measures of weak noncompactness which is in some sense parallel to \textit{B. N. Sadovskij}'s definition of measures of (strong) noncompactness [see e.g. Usp. Mat. Nauk 27, No.1, 81-146 (1972; Zbl 0243.47033)]. The first explicit measure of weak noncompactness is due to \textit{F. S. de Blasi} [Bull. Math. Soc. Sci. Math. R.S.R., n. Sér. 21(69), 259-262 (1977; Zbl 0365.46015)]. The measure \(\gamma\) studied in Section 3 (in the space L 1(a,b)) was previously introduced by the reviewer in Rend. Sci. Mat. Appl. A-119, 157-174 (1985; Zbl 0619.47043). In the last section, a Darbo-type fixed point theorem is proved for operators which diminish a general measure of weak non compactness.