No label defined (Q4946767)

If \(X\) is a Banach space and \(N\in\mathbb{N}\) let \({\mathcal L}({^NX})\) denote the space of all continuous \(N\)-linear forms on \(X\). With every bilinear form \(B\in{\mathcal L}({^2X})\) there is associated a linear operator \(b:X\to X^*\) defined by \(b(x)(y)= B(x,y)\), \(x,y\in X\). The objective of this paper is to characterize those Banach spaces \(X\) in which for every \(N\in\mathbb{N}\) every form \(A\in{\mathcal L}({^NX})\) is weakly sequentially continuous. Let \({\mathcal L}_{\text{wsc}}({^NX})\) stand for the subset of \({\mathcal L}({^NX})\) consisting of \(N\)-forms which are weakly sequentially continuous. Among many results obtained, clarifying the relation between the equality \({\mathcal L}({^NX})= {\mathcal L}_{\text{wsc}}({^NX})\) and the Dunford-Pettis property, the authors show that the equality \({\mathcal L}({^2N})={\mathcal L}_{\text{wsc}}({^2X})\) is equivalent to the following property of the Banach space \(X\): Every operator \(T:X\to c_0\) that factorizes through \(X^*\) in the form \(T= L\circ b\), where \(L\) is weak\(^*\)-to-weak continuous and \(b\) is induced by some element of \({\mathcal L}({^2X})\), is completely continuous.