Communications of the
Korean Mathematical Society CKMS

Suppose $\{X_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ is a sequence of finite dimensional Banach spaces and suppose that $X$ is either a closed subspace of $(\sum_{n=1}^\infty$ $X_n)_{c_0}$ or a closed subspace of $(\sum_{n=1}^\infty X_n)_p$ with $p > 2$. We show that every bounded linear operator from $X$ to a Banach space $Y$ of cotype $q$ $(2 \le q < p)$ is compact.

Keywords: compact operator, cotype $q$, $\ell_p$-sum, Rademacher functions

MSC numbers: 46B28, 46B20