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LetE andF be reflexive Banach spaces andC the space of all compact linear operators fromE toF. A representation of the dual space ofC is given and it is proved thatC is either reflexive or nonconjugate. Applications of these results are also given.
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Feder, M., Saphar, P. Spaces of compact operators and their dual spaces. Israel J. Math. 21, 38–49 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02757132
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