A note on \(b\)-weakly compact operators (Q2464744)

Let \(E\) be a Banach lattice and \(X\) be a Banach space. A linear operator \(T:E\rightarrow X\) is called \(b\)-\textit{weakly compact} if \(T\) maps each subset of \(E\) which is \(b\)-order bounded (i.e., order bounded in \(E^{\prime\prime}\)) into a relatively weakly compact subset in \(X\). The paper under review contains several interesting characterizations of the \(b\)-weakly compact operators in terms of mapping properties (all inspired by the classical case where \(E\) is a \(C(S)\) space). The connection between the \(b\)-weak compactness and the property of local absolute continuity is also outlined, but some results were previously proved in papers such as the reviewer's paper [\textit{C.\,Niculescu}, J.~Oper.\ Theory, 13, 49--61 (1985; Zbl 0578.47031)].