Weak Compactness in L 1 (μ, X) (Q3974464)

Let \((\Omega,\Sigma,\mu)\) be a probability space, \(X\) an arbitrary Banach space and \(L^ 1(\mu,X)\) the Banach space of Bochner integrable functions \(f: \Omega\rightarrow X\). Let \(W=\{f\in L^ 1(\mu,X): \| f(\omega)\|\leq 1\), a.e. \(\omega\in\Omega\}\). The paper is concerned with characterizations of relatively weakly compact (rwc) subsets of \(L^ 1(\mu,X)\). The main results are the following: {(1) } A subset \(H\) of \(W\) is rwc if and only if for every sequence \((f_ n)_{n\geq1}\) in \(H\) there exists a sequence \((\hat f_ n)\) with \(\hat f_ n\in Co(f_ n,f_{n+1},\ldots)\) such that the sequence \((\hat f_ n(\omega))\) converges weakly in \(X\), for almost all \(\omega\in\Omega\) (Theorem 4), and {(2) }A subset \(A\) of \(L^ 1(\mu,X)\) is rwc if and only if for every \(\varepsilon>0\) there exist an integer \(N\) and an rwc subset \(H\) of \(NW\) such tht \(A\subseteq H+\varepsilon B(0)\), where \(B(0)\) is the closed unit ball of \(L^ 1(\mu,X)\) and \(NW=W(N)=\{f\in L^ 1(\mu,X): \| f(\omega)\|\leq N\), \hbox{ for almost all }\(\omega\in\Omega\}\) (Theorem 8).