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Several characterizations of weak-compactness are given for subsets of complete locally convex linear topological spaces and of Banach spaces. Some are new and some are generalizations of known facts.
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Lecture delivered at a symposium on Series and Geometry in Linear Spaces, held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from March 16, till March 24, 1964.
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James, R.C. Weak compactness and reflexivity. Israel J. Math. 2, 101–119 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02759950
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