On \(\sigma\)-regular dual summability methods (Q1110751)

Let \(\sigma\) be a one-to-one mapping of the set of positive integers into itself such that \(\sigma^ p(n)=\sigma (\sigma^{p-1}(n))\neq n\) for all positive integers n and p. \textit{P. Schaefer} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 36, 104-110 (1972; Zbl 0255.40003)] studied the \(\sigma\)-limit and the \(\sigma\)-regularity of the sequence-to-sequence summability method \(A=(a_{nk})\) and gave necessary and sufficient conditions for the method A to be \(\sigma\)-regular. Denote the series-to-sequence method \(B=(b_{nk})\) with \(b_{nk}=\sum^{\infty}_{i=k}a_{ni}\) by the dual method of the method A. The author introduces the \(\sigma\)- regularity of this dual method B and gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the method B to be \(\sigma\)-regular.