On dual and three space problems for the compact approximation property (Q852722)

A Banach space \(X\) has the (bounded) compact approximation property if the identity operator is the limit of a (bounded) net of compact operators for the topology of uniform convergence on compact sets. It is an open problem whether the (bounded) compact approximation property passes from \(X^*\) to \(X\). Here the authors impose a condition on approximability of compact operators on \(X^*\) by weak\(^*\) continuous ones that trivially implies the above implication to hold. They also investigate the three-space problem for the compact approximation property in the presence of this condition for subspaces \(Y\subset X\) whose annihilators \(Y^\bot \subset X^*\) are complemented.