Some inequalities and superposition operator in the space of regulated functions (Q2302418)

The superposition operator $F$ generated by some function $f$ has been studied by several authors in the space of regular functions, e.g., in the autonomous case $(Fx)(t)=f(x(t))$ by \textit{W. Aziz} et al. [Z. Anal. Anwend. 33, No. 1, 119--123 (2014; Zbl 1312.47073)], in the nonautonomous case $(Fx)(t)=f(t,x(t))$ by \textit{A. Michalak} [Z. Anal. Anwend. 35, No. 3, 285--308 (2016; Zbl 1362.47051)]. In the present paper, the authors study this operator in the more general case when all functions take values in a Banach space $E$. Apart from considering acting and continuity conditions, they give three conditions under which a certain operator $F$ is continuous and compact. Remarkably, these conditions are not only sufficient, but in the case of a separable space $E$ also necessary. Their compactness arguments build on the construction of a new measure of noncompactness (too technical to be recalled here) in the space of regulated Banach space valued functions on an interval. Reviewer's remark: The authors seem to be unaware of the papers [\textit{N. Viloria}, Divulg. Mat. 12, No. 2, 149--153 (2004; Zbl 1110.47311); \textit{W. Aziz}, Rev. Mat. Teor. Apl. 21, No. 1, 11--20 (2014; Zbl 1316.47027)], which have some overlap with their results.