Maurey--Rosenthal factorization of positive operators and convexity (Q1883373)

In the setting of Banach lattices, conditions for the factorization of positive operators are provided. A map \(T\) from a Banach space \( X \) to a Köthe function space \(F(\mu)\) (a Köthe function space is a Banach space of \(\mu\)-measurable functions which is solid, contains the characteristic functions of subsets of finite measure and satisfies the Fatou property) is said to factorize strongly through \(L_r(\mu)\) if \(T\) can be written as \(M_g\circ R\), where \(R\) is an operator from \(X\) into \(L_r(\mu)\) and \(M_g\) is a multiplication operator from \(L_r(\mu)\) to \(F(\mu)\). A main result in the first part of the paper states that for \(1<r<\infty\), all positive operators from a Banach lattice \(X\) to an \(r\)-concave Köthe function space \(F(\mu)\) factorize strongly through \(L_r(\mu)\) if and only if the Banach lattice \(X\) is \(r\)-convex. This leads to an analysis of positive operators between vector valued Köthe function spaces and what the authors refer to as quadratic Maurey-Rosenthal factorization theorems.