Lineability of the set of bounded linear non-absolutely summing operators (Q1025825)

Let \(E\) and \(F\) be infinite-dimensional real or complex Banach spaces. A subset \(A\) of \(E\) is said to be lineable if \(A\cup\{0\}\) contains an infinite-dimensional subspace of \(E\). Let \(\Pi_{p}(E;F)\) represent the vector space of all absolutely \(p\)-summing operators from \(E\) to \(F\), let \(\mathcal{L}(E;F)\) denote the space of all continuous linear operators and let \(\mathcal{K}(E;F)\) stand for the space of all compact operators from \(E\) to \(F\). For the case when \(E\) is superreflexive and \(p \geq 1\), \textit{D.\,Puglisi} and \textit{J.\,B.\thinspace Seoane--Sepúlveda} [J.~Math.\ Anal.\ Appl.\ 338, No.\,1, 292--298 (2008; Zbl 1135.47014)] asked whether \(\mathcal{L}(E;F) \setminus \Pi_{p}(E;F)\) is lineable. In the paper under review, the authors affirmatively answer the problem above by showing that if \(p \geq 1\), \(E\) is superreflexive and either \(E\) contains a complemented infinite-dimensional subspace with unconditional basis or \(F\) contains an infinite unconditional basic sequence, then \(\mathcal{K}(E;F)\setminus \Pi_p(E;F)\) (hence \(\mathcal{L}(E;F)\setminus \Pi_p(E;F)\)) is lineable.