1-Grothendieck $C(K)$ spaces

Abstract

A Banach space is said to be Grothendieck if weak and weak$^*$ convergent sequences in the dual space coincide. This notion has been quantificated by H. Bendov\'{a}. She has proved that $\ell_\infty$ has the quantitative Grothendieck property, namely, it is 1-Grothendieck. Our aim is to show that Banach spaces from a certain wider class are 1-Grothendieck, precisely, $C(K)$ is 1-Grothendieck provided $K$ is a totally disconnected compact space such that its algebra of clopen subsets has the so called Subsequential completeness property.