We give an explicit description of a tensor norm equivalent on $C\left(K\right)\otimes F$ to the associated tensor norm ${\nu }_{qp}$ to the ideal of $(q,p)$-absolutely summing operators. As a consequence, we describe a tensor norm on the class of Banach spaces which is equivalent to the left projective tensor norm associated to ${\nu }_{qp}$.

We study the space of p-compact operators, ${}_p$, using the theory of tensor norms and operator ideals. We prove that ${}_p$ is associated to $/d_p$, the left injective associate of the Chevet-Saphar tensor norm $d_p$ (which is equal to $g_{p^{\text{'}}}^{\text{'}}$). This allows us to relate the theory of p-summing operators to that of p-compact operators. Using the results known for the former class and appropriate hypotheses on E and F we prove that ${}_p(E;F)$ is equal to ${}_q(E;F)$ for a wide range of values of p and q, and show that our results are sharp....

A Banach space X is said to have the weak λ-bounded approximation property if for every separable reflexive Banach space Y and for every compact operator T : X → Y, there exists a net (Sα) of finite-rank operators on X such that supα ||TSα|| ≤ λ||T|| and Sα → IX uniformly on compact subsets of X.We prove the following theorem. Let X** or Y* have the Radon-Nikodym property; if X has the weak λ-bounded approximation property, then for every bounded linear operator T: X → Y, there exists a net (Sα)...

Let be an operator ideal on LCS’s. A continuous seminorm p of a LCS X is said to be - continuous if $Q{̃}_p{\in }^{inj}(X,X{̃}_p)$, where $X{̃}_p$ is the completion of the normed space $X_p=X/p^{-1}\left(0\right)$ and $Q{̃}_p$ is the canonical map. p is said to be a Groth()- seminorm if there is a continuous seminorm q of X such that p ≤ q and the canonical map $Q{̃}_{pq}:X{̃}_q\to X{̃}_p$ belongs to $(X{̃}_q,X{̃}_p)$. It is well known that when is the ideal of absolutely summing (resp. precompact, weakly compact) operators, a LCS X is a nuclear (resp. Schwartz, infra-Schwartz) space if and only if every continuous...