The \((D)\) property in Banach spaces (Q417186)

Summary: A Banach space \(E\) is said to have \((D)\) property if every bounded linear operator \(T : F \rightarrow E^\ast\) is weakly compact for every Banach space \(F\) whose dual does not contain an isomorphic copy of \(l_\infty\). Studying this property in connection with other geometric properties, we show that every Banach space whose dual has property \((V^{\ast})\) of Pełczyński (and hence every Banach space with property \((V)\)) has \((D)\) property. We show that the space \(L^1(v)\) of real functions, which are integrable with respect to a measure \(v\) with values in a Banach space \(X\), has \((D)\) property. We give some other results concerning Banach spaces with \((D)\) property.