The Duality between Ideals of Multilinear Operators and Tensor Norms

Abstract: We develop the duality theory between ideals of multilinear operators and tensor norms that arises from the geometric approach of $\Sigma$-operators. To this end, we introduce and develop the notions of $\Sigma$-ideals of multilinear operators and $\Sigma$-tensor norms. We establish the foundations of this theory by proving a representation theorem for maximal $\Sigma$-ideals of multilinear operators by finitely generated $\Sigma$-tensor norms and a duality theorem for $\Sigma$-tensor norms. For these notions we also develop basic theory and present concrete examples.