Applications of spreading models to an equivalence of summabilities and growth rate of Cesàro means (Q1104497)

\textit{S. Banach} and \textit{S. Saks} proved [Stud. Math. 2, 51-57 (1930)], that each weakly null sequence \(\{x_ n\}\) in \(L_ p[0,1]\) has a subsequence \(\{x'_ n\}\) with \[ \| \sum^{k}_{i=1}x'_ i\|_ p=\begin{cases} O(k^{1/p})&\text{ for }1<p\leq 2 \\ O(k^{1/2})&\text{ for } 2\leq p<\infty. \end{cases} \] By applying the Brunel-Sucheston spreading model [\textit{A. Brunel}and \textit{L. Sucheston}, Math. System Theory 7(1973), 294-299 (1974; Zbl 0323.46018); \textit{B. Beauzamy}, Math. Scand. 44, 357-384 (1979; Zbl 0427.46007)], the authors get a natural generalization of the above property: let X be a Banach space of type p, \(1<p\leq 2\), and M a type p constant of X, then each weakly null sequence \(\{x_ n\}\) in X has a subsequence \(\{x'_ n\}\) with \(\sup_{| a_ i| \leq 1}\| \sum^{k}_{i=1}a_ ix'_{n_ i}\| \leq 78M\quad \sup_{n}\| x'_ n\| k^{1/p}\) for every k, \(n_ i\in {\mathbb{N}}\) with \(n_ 1<n_ 2<...<n_ k\). As a second application the authors consider regular matrix methods of summability. A bounded sequence \(\{x_ n\}\) in X is said to be completely A-summable to \(x_ 0\), if each subsequence of \(\{x_ n\}\) is A-summable to \(x_ 0\). For two methods A, B the method A is said to be stronger than B, if for each bounded sequence \(\{x_ n\}\), completely A-summable to \(x_ 0\), there exists a subsequence \(\{x'_ n\}\) of \(\{x_ n\}\), such that \(\{x'_ n\}\) is completely B-summable to \(x_ 0\). For the induced equivalence relation the authors get: every regular method of summability \(A=(a_{nm})\) is equivalent to either (C,1) or the identity method according as \(\lim_{n\to \infty}(\sup_{m}| a_{nm}|)=0\) or \(\limsup_{n\to \infty}(\sup_{m}| a_{nm}|)>0.\)