Dominated inessential operators (Q2275491)

Let \(E,F\) be Banach lattices. An operator \(S\) is said to be dominated by \(T\) if \(|Sx |\leq |Tx|\) for every \(x\in E \). The author considers the case when \(T\) is compact or strictly singular and studies the question whether \(S\) or some power of \(S\) belongs to a larger ideal than strictly singular operators. Recall that an operator \( T\) between Banach spaces \(X, Y\) is called inessential if \(I + UT\) is Fredholm for every operator \( U\) between \(Y\) and \(X\). In one of main results of this interesting and well written paper, the author proves the following result. Let the bounded operator \(S\) be dominated by a strictly singular operator \(T\), then \(S^3\) is an inessential operator.