Absolutely continuous multilinear operators (Q713451)

As defined by \textit{U. Matter} [Math. Nachr. 130, 193--216 (1987; Zbl 0622.47045)], if \(1 \leq p < \infty\) and \(0 \leq \sigma <1\), an operator \(T \in \mathcal{L}(X;Y)\) is \((p,\sigma)\)-absolutely continuous if there is a constant \(C>0\) such that \[ \left( \sum_{i=1}^n ||T(x_i)||^{\frac{p}{1-\sigma}}\right)^{\frac{1-\sigma}{p}} \leq C \sup_{x^* \in B_{X^*}} \left( \sum_{i=1}^n \left( |\langle x_i,x^* \rangle|^{1-\sigma} ||x_i||^\sigma\right)^{\frac{p}{1-\sigma}} \right)^{\frac{1-\sigma}{p}} \] for all \(n \in \mathbb{N}\) and \(x_i \in X\), \(i=1,\dots,n\). In this paper, the authors introduce a multilinear version of this concept, namely, the class of \((p;p_1,\dots,p_m;\sigma)\)-absolutely continuous \(m\)-linear operators, denoted by \(\mathcal{L}_{(p;p_1,\dots,p_m)}^\sigma(X_1,\dots,X_m;Y)\), establishing its relationship with the absolutely \((p;p_1,\dots,p_m)\)-summing \(m\)-linear operators. The paper is rich with several interesting results regarding this class such as inclusion theorems, a Pietsch domination-type theorem, a factorization theorem, and a tensor product representation. Among the important applications, it is proved that, if \(X_1,\dots,X_m\) are reflexive Banach spaces and \(\frac{1}{p}=\frac{1}{p_1}+ \cdots + \frac{1}{p_m}\), then every \((p;p_1,\dots,p_m;\sigma)\)-absolutely continuous \(m\)-linear operator is compact.