On strong lifting compactness for the weak\(^*\) topology (Q1209563)

First the Banach spaces with the weak separation property are characterized in terms of lifting invariance conditions. Also it is given a weak equivalence characterization for Asplund spaces from where it follows immediately that any Banach space with the weak\(^*\) separation property is an Asplund space. Moreover the conjugate Banach spaces \(X\) under its \(w^*\) topology such that every scalarly measurable function from a complete probability space into \(X\) is Bochner measurable, are characterized. These spaces (called \(SB^*\)-spaces) form a strong counterpart of the class of Asplund spaces. Other spaces related to \(SB^*\)-spaces and to Banach spaces whose conjugate has the Radon-Nikodym property are introduced and characterized. Thus, the weak\(^*\) strongly lifting compact spaces are characterized by a lifting condition for vector valued functions. Let us remark that in general the techniques of this paper rely on lifting properties of vector valued functions.