On infinite matrices and lacunary \(\sigma \)-convergence (Q648267)

A lacunary sequence is an increasing sequence \(\theta = (k_r)\) of non-negative integers where \(k_0=0\) with \(k_r-k_{r-1} \to \infty\) as \(r\to \infty\). Let \(\sigma\) be a one-to-one mapping from the set of natural numbers into itself. A continuous linear functional \(\phi\) on \(\ell _{\infty}\) is said to be an invariant mean or a \(\sigma\)-mean provided that {\parindent=8mm\begin{itemize}\item[(i)] \(\phi (x)\geq 0\) when the sequence \(x=(x_k)\) is such that \(x_k \geq 0\) for all \(k\), \item[(ii)] \(\phi (e)=1\) where \(e=(1,1,1,\dots)\), \item[(iii)] \(\phi (x)= \phi (x_{\sigma (k)})\) for all \(x \in \ell _{\infty}\). \end{itemize}} The author defines and studies sequence spaces \(V_{\sigma _{0}}^{\theta}(p)\) and \(V_{\sigma}^{\theta} (p)\) by using the concepts defined above. The author also characterizes certain matrices in \(V_{\sigma}^{\theta}\).