Normal structure of Orlicz spaces (Q1322681)

The author summarizes results concerning Orlicz spaces and (weak) sum- property or (weak) normal structure. These concepts are powerful tools in fixed point theory, e.g., Banach spaces with weak normal structure have the fixed point property. The results arise out of the following works: 1. \textit{T. Landes} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 285, 523-534 (1984; Zbl 0594.46010)] 2. \textit{T. Wang} and \textit{B. Wang} [`Normal structure, sum-property, and LD property of sequence Orlicz spaces' Chin. Math. Res. Expo. 12 (1992)] 3. \textit{S. Chen} and \textit{Y. Duan} [Commentat. Math. Univ. Carol. 32, 219-225 (1991; Zbl 0760.46023)] 4. \textit{S. Chen} and \textit{H. Sun}, [Reflexive Orlicz spaces have uniformly normal structure' (1992, to appear)] 5. \textit{T. Wang} and \textit{Z. Shi} [Commentat. Math. Univ. Carol. 34, No. 3, 433-442 (1993)].