We consider a continuous operator T : E → X where E is a Banach lattice and X is a Banach space. We characterize the b-weak compactness of T in terms of its mapping properties. (2000). 47B60, 47B10, 47B07.
Mathematics Subject ClassificationLet E be a Riesz space. E ∼ and E ∼∼ will denote the order dual and order bidual of E respectively. The canonical embedding Q E : E → E ∼∼ is defined byx is an order bounded and order continuous linear functional on E ∼ . The canonical embedding Q E is a lattice homomorphism. If E ∼ separates the points of E, Q E is also one-to-one and hence, E can be considered as a Riesz subspace of E ∼∼ . Since all Banach lattices have separating order duals, we will not distinguish a Banach lattice E and its image in E , the bidual of E. We will assume all Riesz spaces considered in this note have separating order duals.
Definition. Let A be a subset of the Riesz space E. If Q E (A) is order bounded inClearly, every order bounded subset of E is a b-order bounded subset of E. There are b-order bounded subsets of E which are far away from being order bounded. The canonical basis vectors {e n } of c 0 is b-order bounded but clearly not an order bounded subset of c 0 .The notion of b-order bounded subsets of a Riesz space is instrumental in distinguishing a family of Riesz spaces.
Definition. A Riesz space E is said to have the b-property if every b-order bounded subset of E is order bounded in E.b-order boundedness was introduced in [3]. b-order boundedness and Riesz spaces with the b-property were also investigated in [4,5,6].