More about singular traces on simply generated operator ideals (Q2193025)

Let \(H\) be a separable Hilbert space. The \(n\)-th approximation number of an operator \(S\) on \(H\) is defined by \[a_n(S) = \inf\{\|S-F\|: \operatorname{rank}(F) < n\}.\] A null sequence \((\zeta_h)_h\) is called simple if it is decreasing, with \(\zeta_0=1\), and for some \(c>1\) one has \(\zeta_h \leq c \cdot \zeta_{h+1}\). Then one defines the quasi-Banach operator ideal \[\mathcal{L}_\infty[\zeta_h](H)=\{S \in \mathcal{L}(H): a_{2^h}(S) = o(\zeta_h)\}\] with respect to the quasi-norm \[\|S\|:= \sup_{0\leq h< \infty }\zeta^{-1}_h a_{2^h}(S).\] The author characterizes certain singular traces linear forms on \(\mathcal{L}_\infty[\zeta_h](H)\) by directly applying Banach's version of the extension theorem