Compact operators on a Banach space into the space of almost periodic functions (Q921530)

Characterizations of compact and weakly compact linear operators from a Banach space X into C(S) are well known. This paper considers the case in which S is further a topological semigroup with a uniform structure. Characterizations are obtained of compact and weakly compact operators from X into AP(S), the space of continuous complex almost periodic functions on S. If T is a bounded linear operator from X into AP(S), let \(T_ s\) be the translate of T by s in S defined by \(T_ s(x)=(Tx)_ s\). Topologies are defined on the space of bounded linear operators from X into AP(S) and necessary and sufficient conditions for an operator T to be compact or weakly compact in terms of the uniform continuity of the map \(s\to T_ s\) are obtained. Other results along these lines are given.