Abstract. Logarithmic convexity of a measure of weak noncompactness for bounded linear operators under Calderón's complex interpolation is proved. This is a quantitative version for weakly noncompact operators of the following: if T : [θ] for all 0 < θ < 1, where A [θ] and B [θ] are interpolation spaces with respect to the pairs (A 0 , A 1 ) and (B 0 , B 1 ). Some formulae for this measure and relations to other quantities measuring weak noncompactness are established. are reflexive for all 0 < θ < 1 and 1 < p < ∞. In this paper we consider Calderón's complex interpolation. The counterpart of Beauzamy's result is false for this interpolation method (see [25]). Nevertheless, Calderón [10] proved that if one of the Banach spaces A 0 , A 1 is reflexive then so is the interpolation space A [θ] for every 0 < θ < 1.
Introduction. Measures of noncompactness or weak noncompactIn [24], a measure of weak noncompactness γ for sets and a corresponding measure Γ for operators were introduced. The measure Γ was applied to the Lions-Peetre real interpolation method (in a discrete form). Namely, for all 0 < θ < 1 and 1 < p < ∞ the following estimate was established: