In this paper, we study the bounded approximation property for the weighted space $\mathcal{HV}$(U) of holomorphic mappings defined on a balanced open subset U of a Banach space E and its predual $\mathcal{GV}$(U), where $\mathcal{V}$ is a countable family of weights. After obtaining an $\mathcal{S}$-absolute decomposition for the space $\mathcal{GV}$(U), we show that E has the bounded approximation property if and only if $\mathcal{GV}$(U) has. In case $\mathcal{V}$ consists of a single weight v, an analogous characterization for the metric approximation property for a Banach space E has been obtained in terms of the metric approximation property for the space $\mathcal{G}_v$(U).

It is known that all k-homogeneous orthogonally additive polynomials P over C(K) are of the form

Thus, x ↦ xk factors all orthogonally additive polynomials through some linear form μ. We show that no such linearization is possible without homogeneity. However, we also show that every orthogonally additive holomorphic function of bounded type f over C(K) is of the form

for some μ and holomorphic h : C (K) → L1(μ) of bounded type.

We give a characterization of composition operators between algebras of analytic functions on a Banach space. We show (under fairly general conditions) that they are precisely the multiplicative operators that are transposes of operators of between the preduals of the algebras. The special cases of $H^\infty(U)$ and $H_{\mathrm{b}}(U)$ are considered. In these cases, the composition operators are those which are pointwise-to-pointwise continuous and/or $\tau_0$-to-$\tau_0$ continuous (where $\tau_0$ is the compact-open topology). We obtain Banach–Stone-type theorems for these algebras.

Given a Banach space $E$ and positive integers $k$ and $l$ we investigate the smallest constant $C$ that satisfies $\|P\|\hskip1pt\|Q\|\le C\|PQ\|$ for all $k$-homogeneous polynomials $P$ and $l$-homogeneous polynomials $Q$ on $E$. Our estimates are obtained using multilinear maps, the principle of local reflexivity and ideas from the geometry of Banach spaces (type and uniform convexity). We also examine the analogous problem for general polynomials on Banach spaces.

It is shown that if E, F are Fréchet spaces, E ∈ (Hub), F ∈ (DN) then H(E, F) = Hub(E, F) holds. Using this result we prove that a Fréchet space E is nuclear and has the property (Hub) if and only if every entire function on E with values in a Fréchet space F ∈ (DN) can be represented in the exponential form. Moreover, it is also shown that if H(F*) has a LAERS and E ∈ (Hub) then H(E × F*) has a LAERS, where E, F are nuclear Fréchet spaces, F* has an absolute basis, and conversely, if H(E × F*) has a LAERS and F ∈ (DN) then E ∈ (Hub).