Weak compactness of measures

Weak Compactness of the Set of ε-Extensions

Dependent Choices and Weak Compactness

We work in set-theory without the Axiom of Choice ZF. We prove that the principle of Dependent Choices (DC) implies that the closed unit ball of a uniformly convex Banach space is weakly compact, and in particular, that the closed unit ball of a Hilbert space is weakly compact. These statements are not provable in ZF, and the latter statement does not imply DC. Furthermore, DC does not imply th...

A Weak Grothendieck Compactness Principle

The Grothendieck compactness principle states that every norm compact subset of a Banach space is contained in the closed convex hull of a norm null sequence. In this article, an analogue of the Grothendieck compactness principle is considered when the norm topology of a Banach space is replaced by its weak topology. It is shown that every weakly compact subset of a Banach space is contained in...

Smoothness and Weak* Sequential Compactness

If a Banach space E has an equivalent smooth norm, then every bounded sequence in E* has a weak* converging subsequence. Generalizations of this result are obtained.

Weak Compactness in the Space of Operator Valued Measures and Optimal Control

In this paper we present a brief review of some important results on weak compactness in the space of vector valued measures. We also review some recent results of the author on weak compactness of any set of operator valued measures. These results are then applied to optimal structural feedback control for deterministic systems on infinite dimensional spaces.