Grothendieck's nuclear operator theorem revisited with an application to \(p\)-null sequences (Q1760180)

Let \(X\) and \(Y\) be Banach spaces. Consider \(\alpha\) a tensor norm. The main result of the paper under review is the following: if either \(X^{***}\) or \(Y\) has the approximation property, then each \(\alpha\)-nuclear operator \(T:X^* \to Y\) such that \(T^*(Y^*)\subset X\) can be approximated in the \(\alpha\)-nuclear norm by finite rank operators of type \(X \otimes Y\). In [\textit{C. Piñeiro} and \textit{J. M. Delgado}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 139, No. 3, 957--967 (2011; Zbl 1270.47018)], the class of \(p\)-null sequences \(c_{0,p}(X)\) was introduced. It is a linear subspace of the space of \(X\)-valued null sequences \(c_0(X)\). As an interesting application of the main result, after finding a representation of \(c_{0,p}(X)\) as a Chevet-Saphar tensor product, the author is able to answer affirmatively a question raised by Piñeiro and Delgado. More precisely, she proves that a sequence \((x_n)\) in \(c_0(X)\) is \(p\)-null if and only if \((x_n)\) is relatively \(p\)-compact in \(X\).