The duality property of positive \(r\)-compact operators (Q371799)

Let \(E,F\) be Banach lattices and \(L^r(E,F)\) denote the linear span of all positive operators from \(E\) into \(F\) equipped with the order defined as: \(S\leq T\) if \(Sx\leq Tx\) for all \(0\leq x \in E\). \(L^r(E,F)\) is a Banach lattice with respect to the regular norm \(\|T\|_r = \inf\{ \|S\| : S\in L^+ (E,F),\;\pm T \leq S\}\). Let \(\mathcal F(E,F)\) denote the closure of the collection of all finite rank operators from \(E\) into \(F\) in \(L^r(E,F)\) with respect to the regular norm. The elements in \(\mathcal F(E,F)\) are called \(r\)-compact. In this paper, the duality of \(r\)-compact operators are studied.