Properties \((U\widetilde {A}_2)^*\) and \((W\widetilde {A}_2)\) in Orlicz spaces and some of their consequences (Q645402)

Let \(X\) be a Banach space and \(S(X)\) its unit sphere. \(X\) is said to have property \((\tilde A_2)\) if for each \(\epsilon > 0\) there exists \(\delta > 0\) such that for any \(t\in (0, \delta)\) and each weakly null sequence \(\{x_n\}\) in \(S(X)\), there is \(k\in \mathbb{N}\) satisfying \(\|x_1 + tx_k\| < 1 + t \epsilon\). \(X\) is said to have property \((U\tilde A_2)\) if for each \(\epsilon > 0\) there exists \(\delta > 0\) such that for each weakly null sequence \(\{x_n\}\) in \(S(X)\), there is \(k\in \mathbb{N}\) satisfying \(\|x_1 + tx_k\| < 1 + t \epsilon\) for any \(t\in (0, \delta)\). The dual space \(X^*\) of \(X\) is said to have property \((U\tilde A_2)^*\) if for each \(\epsilon > 0\) there exists \(\delta > 0\) such that for each weak\(^*\) null sequence \(\{x^*_n\}\) in \(S(X^*)\), there is \(k\in \mathbb{N}\) satisfying \(\|x^*_1 + tx^*_k\| < 1 + t \epsilon\) for any \(t\in (0, \delta)\). The authors show that \((\tilde A_2)\) is equivalent to \((U \tilde A_2)\). They also show that if a separable Banach space \(X\) has \((U\tilde A_2)^*\) then both \(X\) and \(X^*\) have the weak fixed point property. It is proved that a uniformly Gâteaux differentiable Banach space has property \((U\tilde A_2)\) and that if \(X^*\) has property \((U\tilde A_2)^*\), then \(X\) has \((UKK)\)-property. Criteria in order that Orlicz spaces have the properties \((U\tilde A_2)\), \((U\tilde A_2)^*\) and \((NUS^*)\) are given.