A fixed-point characterization of weak compactness in Banach spaces with unconditional Schauder basis (Q2627959)

In [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl., Ser.\ A, Theory Methods 95, 414--420 (2014; Zbl 1291.46008)], \textit{C.\ Lennard} and \textit{V.\ Nezir} introduced the notion of cascading nonexpansive mappings in order to characterize certain classes of reflexive Banach spaces by means of fixed point properties. If \(C\) is a closed convex subset of a Banach space and \(T:C\to C\), let \(C_0=C\) and \(C_n= \overline{ \text{co}}\, T(C_{n-1})\) for \(n\in \mathbb{N}\). The mapping \(T\) is cascading nonexpansive if there exists a sequence \((\lambda_n)\) in \([1,\infty)\) with \(\lim_n \lambda_n=1\) and \(\| Tx - Ty\| \leq \lambda_n \|x-y\|\) for all \(x,y \in C_n\) and all \(n\geq 0\). In the article under review, the authors characterize weakly compact sets in certain Banach spaces by means of fixed point theorems. In particular, the authors prove that, if \(X\) is a Banach space with a \(1\)-unconditional basis that is either boundedly complete or shrinking and \(C\) is a closed bounded convex subset of \(X\), then \(C\) is weakly compact if and only if \(C\) has the fixed point property for cascading nonexpansive mappings. As a corollary, the authors note that, if \((X, \|\cdot\|)\) is a Banach space with an unconditional basis, then \(X\) is reflexive if and only if the closed unit ball \(B_{(X, \|\cdot\|)}\) of \(X\) has the fixed point property for \(|\cdot|\)-cascading nonexpansive mappings for some (or every) equivalent monotone norm \(|\cdot|\) on \(X\).