Opérateurs diagonaux dans les espaces à bases. (Diagonal operators in spaces with a basis) (Q1094625)

For a Banach space \(X\) with a Schauder basis \((e_ n)_{n\geq 1}\), we consider the space \(L_ d(X)\) of diagonal operators (whose matrix representation is diagonal) and the space \(K_ d(X)\) of compact and diagonal operators. If \(\bar e_ n=e^*_ n\otimes e_ n\) is the projection operator on the nth coordinate, then \((\bar e_ n)_{n\geq 1}\) is a Schauder basis for \(K_ d(X)\), and permits a description of \(L_ d(X)\). We prove that if \((e_ n)_{n\geq 1}\) is shrinking or boundedly complete, then \((\bar e_ n)\) is shrinking; a ``reverse'' implication is true. We also prove that if \(K_ d(X)\) is a subspace of \(c_ 0\) then the basis \((e_ n)_{n\geq 1}\) has an unconditional subsequence.