\(\phi\)-summing operators in Banach spaces (Q1093871)

Given a subadditive, strictly increasing function \(\phi\) : \({\mathbb{R}}^+\to {\mathbb{R}}^+\) with \(\phi (0)=0\), the authors introduce \(\phi\)-summing operators in Banach spaces as the obvious generalization of p-summing operators for \(0<p\leq 1\). They prove an analogue of Pietsch's factorization theorem and show, that in Hilbert spaces, these operators all coincide with the Hilbert-Schmidt operators. For this, \(\phi\)-decomposable maps \(T: E\to L^{\phi}\) are introduced and the relation to \(\phi\)-summing operators is studied in analogy to the Kwapień-Schwartz results.