Scalar boundedness of vector-valued functions (Q2882496)

Let \(X\) be a Banach space, \(X^*\) its topological dual, and \((\Omega, \Sigma, \mu)\) a complete probability space. A function \(f : \Omega \rightarrow X\) is scalarly bounded if there exists \(M > 0\) such that, for \(x^* \in X^*\), it is true that \( |x^*f| \leq M ||x^*||\), \(\mu-\)a.e. (the exceptional \(\mu-\)null set depending on \(x^*\)). Let \(Z_{f, A}\) be the set of all \(x^*f\) for \(x^*\) in a subset \(A\) of \(X^*\). Let \(\mathcal B(\mu)\) be the space of all real functions \(h\) on \(\Omega\) for which there exists \(K > 0\) such that \(|h| \leq K\) \(\mu-\)a.e. The main result of the paper is that a function \(f : \Omega \rightarrow X\) is scalarly bounded iff \(Z_{f, X^*} \subset \mathcal B(\mu).\) Some applications of this result are considered for the Pettis, Bochner and Birkhoff integrabilities of the function \(f\).