VECTOR-VALUED FUNCTIONS INTEGRABLE WITH RESPECT TO BILINEAR MAPS

Abstract

Let $(\Omega, \Sigma, \mu)$ be a $\sigma-$finite measure space, $1\le p \lt \infty$, $X$ be a Banach space $X$ and ${\cal B} :X\times Y \to Z$ be a bounded bilinear map. We say that an $X$-valued function $f$ is $p-$integrable with respect to ${\cal B}$ whenever $\sup\{\int_\Omega\|{\cal B}(f(w),y)\|^pd\mu: \|y\|=1\}$ is finite. We identify the spaces of functions integrable with respect to the bilinear maps arising from H\"older's and Young's inequalities. We apply the theory to give conditions on $X$-valued kernels for the boundedness of integral operators $T_{{\cal B}}(f) (w)=\int_{\Omega'}{{\cal B}}(k(w,w'),$ $f(w'))d\mu'(w')$ from ${\mathrm L}^p(Y)$ into ${\mathrm L}^p(Z)$, extending the results known in the operator-valued case, corresponding to ${\cal B}:{\mathrm L}(X,Y)\times X\to Y$ given by ${\cal B}(T,x)=Tx$.