Weak-strong continuity of multilinear mappings and the Pełczyǹski-Pitt theorem (Q678679)

Polynomials and multilinear operators which are sequentially weak to norm continuous are of high interest in several applications. In the paper among other things it is shown that \(A\in L(\ell_{p_1},\dots, \ell_{p_N};\ell_q)\) is sequentially weak to norm continuous, iff \(\sum^N_{i= 1} 1/p_i< 1/q\). This generalizes Pitt's theorem for linear operators \(A:\ell_p\to \ell_q\) and \textit{A. Pełczyński's} theorem [Stud. Math. 16, 173-182 (1957; Zbl 0080.09701)] for polynomials. The authors show that the concept of \(\tau_\alpha\)-convergent sequences is very useful to treat the problem. For fixed \(0\leq\alpha<1\), a sequence \((x_n)\) in a Banach space \(E\) is called \(\tau_\alpha\)-convergent to \(0\) if there is some \(c>0\) such that \(\left|\sum_{n\in B} x_n\right|\leq c|B|^{\alpha}\) holds true for all finite subsets \(B\subseteq\mathbb{N}\). As a main result it is shown that \(N\)-linear mappings preserve the \(\tau_\alpha\)-convergence. Connections to lower and upper \(p\)-estimates are established.