文摘
We study the general measures of non-compactness defined on subsets of a dual Banach space, their associated derivations and their ω-iterates. We introduce the notions of convexifiable and sublinear measure of non-compactness and investigate the properties of its associated fragment and slice derivations. We apply our results to the Kuratowski measure of non-compactness and to the study of the Szlenk index of a Banach space. As a consequence, we obtain that the Szlenk index and the convex Szlenk index of a separable Banach space are always equal. We also give, for any countable ordinal α , a characterization of the Banach spaces with Szlenk index bounded by class="mathmlsrc">class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0022123616303172&_mathId=si1.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0022123616303172&_rdoc=1&_issn=00221236&md5=2e327c660db228b0482b2ca54312a343" title="Click to view the MathML source">ωα+1class="mathContainer hidden">class="mathCode"> in terms of the existence of an equivalent renorming. This extends a result by Knaust, Odell and Schlumprecht on Banach spaces with Szlenk index equal to ω.