A generalized ACK structure and the denseness of norm attaining operators

Abstract: Inspired by the recent work of Cascales et al., we introduce a generalized concept of ACK structure on Banach spaces. Using this property, which we call by the quasi-ACK structure, we are able to extend known universal properties on range spaces concerning the density of norm attaining operators. We provide sufficient conditions for quasi-ACK structure of spaces and results on the stability of quasi-ACK structure. As a consequence, we present new examples satisfying the (Lindenstrauss) property B$^k$, which have not been known previously. We also prove that property B$^k$ is stable under injective tensor products in certain cases. Moreover, ACK structure of some Banach spaces of vector-valued holomorphic functions is also discussed, leading to new examples of universal BPB range spaces for certain operator ideals.