Adjoint characterisations of quasi-weakly compact linear relations. (Q1869010)

Let \(X\), \(Y\) be Banach spaces, \(V\) a finite-dimensional subspace of \(Y''\) and let \(T: X\to Y\) be a multivalued linear operator such that \((JY+ T''(0))\cap V= \{0\}\). \(T\) is called \(V\)-weakly compact if \(TB_{D(T)}\) is relatively \(\sigma(Y, V^\top\cap D(T'))\)-compact, and \(T\) is called quasi-weakly compact if \(T\) is \(V\)-weakly compact for some \(V\) as above. In the paper under review, the class of all quasi-weakly compact multivalued linear operators is described in terms of their first and second adjoints. The authors give complete characterizations in the case when the adjoint is continuous. The paper contains an example of a Banach space \(Z\) and a bounded operator \(T: Z\to Z\) such that \(Z''/JZ\equiv l_1\) and \(T\) is quasi-weakly compact but not weakly compact, and also many other examples.