On dual locally uniformly rotund norms (Q1601463)

Let \((X,\tau)\) be a topological space and \(d\) a metric on \(X\). Then \(X\) is said to have the property \(P(d,\tau)\) if there is a sequence \((A_n)\) of subsets of \(X\) such that for every \(x\in X\) and every \(\varepsilon > 0\), there are \(n \in \mathbb{N}\) and \(U \in \tau\) such that \(x \in A_n \cap U\) and diam\((A_n \cap U) < \varepsilon.\) A compact Hausdorff space \(K\) is called Namioka-Phelps compact if it is homeomorphic to a weak*-compact subset of a dual Banach space having a dual LUR norm. With these definitions, the following theorems are proved: (1) Let \(X^*\) be a dual Banach space. The following conditions are equivalent: (i) \(X^*\) admits an equivalent dual LUR norm, (ii) \(X^*\) admits an equivalent \(w^*\)-Kadec norm, (iii) \(X^*\) has property \(P(\|.\|, w^*).\) (2) Let \(X\) be a Banach space, and let \(K \subset X^*\) be a \(w^*\)-compact subset which has property \(P(\|.\|, w^*).\) Then there exists a Banach space \(Y\) such that \(Y^*\) has a dual LUR norm and a bounded linear operator \(T: X \rightarrow Y\) with dense range such that \(K \subset T^*(B_{Y^*}).\) (3) A compact Hausdorff space \(K\) is Namioka-Phelps iff it has property \(P(d,\tau)\) for some \(\tau\)-lower semicontinuous metric \(d.\) (4) If \(K\) is a Namioka-Phelps compact space, then \(C(K)\) has an equivalent Gâteaux differentiable norm.