Abstract
Let X be a Banach space and Γ ⊆ X∗ a total linear subspace. We study the concept of Γ-integrability for X-valued functions f defined on a complete probability space, i.e. an analogue of Pettis integrability by dealing only with the compositions ⟨x∗, f ⟩ for x∗ ∈ Γ. We show that Γ-integrability and Pettis integrability are equivalent whenever X has Plichko’s property () (meaning that every w∗- sequentially closed subspace of X∗ is w∗-closed). This property is enjoyed by many Banach spaces including all spaces with w∗-angelic dual as well as all spaces which are w∗-sequentially dense in their bidual. A particular case of special interest arises when considering Γ = T ∗(Y ∗) for some injective operator T : X → Y . Within this framework, we show that if T : X → Y is a semi-embedding, X has property (
) and Y has the Radon-Nikodým property, then X has the weak Radon-Nikodým property. This extends earlier results by Delbaen (for separable X) and Diestel and Uhl (for weakly
-analytic X).