Weak vs. norm compactness in $L_{1}$: the Bocce criterion

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Weak Compactness of the Set of ε-Extensions

On $L_1$-weak ergodicity of nonhomogeneous continuous-time Markov‎ ‎processes

‎In the present paper we investigate the $L_1$-weak ergodicity of‎ ‎nonhomogeneous continuous-time Markov processes with general state‎ ‎spaces‎. ‎We provide a necessary and sufficient condition for such‎ ‎processes to satisfy the $L_1$-weak ergodicity‎. ‎Moreover‎, ‎we apply‎ ‎the obtained results to establish $L_1$-weak ergodicity of quadratic‎ ‎stochastic processes‎.

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...