FACTORIZATION OF UNBOUNDED THIN AND COTHIN OPERATORS

Abstract

Let X and Y be normed spaces and T: D(T) ⊂ X → Y a linear operator. Following R.D. Neidingcr [N1] we recall the Davis, Figiel, Johnson, Pelczynski factorization of T corresponding to a parameter p (1 ≤ p ≤ ∞) and apply the corresponding factorization result in [N1] to unbounded thin operators. Properties equivalent to ubiquitous thinness arc derived. Defining an operator T to be cothin if its adjoint is thin, a dual factorization result for cothin operators is obtained, where for each 1 < p < ∞, the intermediate space in the factorization is cohereditarily l_p. This result is shown to hold more generally for the cases when T is either partially continuous or closable; in particular, such operators are strictly cosingular. A condition for a closable weakly compact operator to be strictly cosingular follows as a corollary.