LU-factorization of order bounded operators on Banach sequence spaces (Q1820408)

Let X be one of the Banach spaces \(c_ 0\) or \(\ell_ p\), \(1\leq p<+\infty\). If \(T=(t_{ij})\) is an operator on X then T is order bounded if \(| T| =(| t_{ij}|)\) is a bounded linear operator on X. The authors characterize when such operators have LU-factorizations. As a consequence, they show that invertible, totally positive operators and certain invertible, diagonally dominant operators on X have LU- factorizations. In a subsequent paper [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 98, 247-252 (1986; review above)] the authors, together with P. W. Smith, show that a uniform bound on the inverses of the compressions of T is not always sufficient to ensure that T has an LU-factorization.