On Pelczynski's properties (V) \((V^ *)\) (Q2266412)

A Banach space X is said to have Pelczynski's property \((V^*)\) (resp. (V)) if a subset K of X (resp. of \(X^*)\) is relatively weakly compact, whenever \(\lim_{n}\sup_{x\in K}y_ n(x)=0\) for every weakly unconditionally Cauchy series \(\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}y_ n\) in \(X^*\) (resp. in X). It is shown that a Banach lattice X has Pelczynski's property \((V^*)\) if and only if X contains no subspace isomorphic to \(c_ 0\). This result is used to show that there is a Banach space E that has Pelczynski's property \((V^*)\) but such that its dual \(E^*\) fails Pelczynski's property (V), thus answering in the negative a question of Pelczynski.