in embry'sIn Embry's 1973 and douglas'Douglas' 1966 papers the hilbertHilbert space condition AA* < lambda^2 BB*$AA^* < \lambda^2 BB^*$ about the adjoints is replaced by the following equivalent banachBanach type of condition: ||A|| < lambda ||B||$\|A\| < \lambda \|B\|$, so that the whole exotic question of banachBanach space adjoints A*:X-->X$A^* : X \to X$ analogous to hilbertHilbert space adjoints is avoided.
onOn the other hand, if A:X-->Y$A:X \to Y$, the banachBanach space adjoint defined as A*:Y-->X using$A^* : Y^* \to X^*$ using duality theory does play an important role in the results of douglasDouglas and embryEmbry. embry'sEmbry's is accessible on the free internet and is easy to read.