Szlenk and \(w^\ast \)-dentability indices of the Banach spaces \(C([0,\alpha ])\) (Q1933618)

Let \(\alpha\) be an infinite ordinal and \(\gamma\) the unique ordinal satisfying \(\omega^{\omega^\gamma}\leq\alpha<\omega^{\omega^{\gamma+1}}\). The author shows that the Banach space \(C([0,\alpha])\) of all continuous scalar-valued functions on the compact ordinal interval \([0,\alpha]\) has Szlenk index equal to \(\omega^{\gamma+1}\) and \(w^*\)-dentability index equal to \(\omega^{1+\gamma+1}\). This generalizes results of \textit{P.~Hájek} and \textit{G.~Lancien} [Mediterr. J. Math. 4, No. 2, 179--190 (2007; Zbl 1150.46005)] and \textit{P.~Hájek, G.~Lancien} and \textit{A.~Procházka} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 353, No. 1, 239--243 (2009; Zbl 1171.46014)].