Representing a Banach space as a sum of operator ranges (Q1916682)

Let a separable Banach space admit a representation of the form \(X=A_1(Y_1)+ A_2(Y_2)\) \((\text{codim } A_1(Y_1)=\text{codim } A_2(Y_2)=\infty)\) where \(A_1(Y_1)\) and \(A_2(Y_2)\) are infinite-dimensional operator ranges where \(Y_1, Y_2\) are Banach spaces and \(A_1,A_2\) are bounded linear operators from \(Y_1,Y_2\) into \(X\). Then the following are equivalent: (1) \(X\) can be represented as a sum of two operator ranges which do not contain infinite-dimensional subspaces. (2) \(X\) does not contain subspaces isomorphic to \(\ell_1\). Indications of the proof are given.