Interpolation of compact bilinear operators

We investigate the stability of compactness of bilinear operators acting on the product of interpolation of Banach spaces. We develop a general framework for such results and our method applies to abstract methods of interpolation in the senseof Aronszajn and Gagliardo. A key step is to show an one-sided bilinear interpolation theorem on compactness for bilinear operators on couples satisfying an approximation property. We show applications to general cases, including Peetre's method and the general real interpolation methods.
Comment: 21 pages