Polynomial Grothendieck properties

Abstract

AbstractA Banach space sE has the Grothendieck property if every (linear bounded) operator from E into c0 is weakly compact. It is proved that, for an integer k > 1, every k-homogeneous polynomial from E into c0 is weakly compact if and only if the space (kE) of scalar valued polynomials on E is reflexive. This is equivalent to the symmetric A>fold projective tensor product of £(i.e., the predual of (kE)) having the Grothendieck property. The Grothendieck property of the projective tensor product EF is also characterized. Moreover, the Grothendieck property of E is described in terms of sequences of polynomials. Finally, it is shown that if every operator from E into c0 is completely continuous, then so is every polynomial between these spaces.