A generalised mid summability in Banach spaces

Abstract: In this paper, we study the notion of mid summability in a general setting using the duality theory of sequence spaces. We define the vector valued sequence space $\lambda^{mid}(X)$ corresponding to a Banach space $X$ and sequence space $\lambda$. We prove that $\lambda^{mid}(\cdot)$ can be placed in a chain with the vector valued sequence spaces $\lambda^{s}(\cdot)$ and $\lambda^{w}(\cdot)$. Consequently, we define mid $\lambda$-summing operators and obtain the maximality of these operator ideals for a suitably restricted $\lambda$. Furthermore, we define a tensor norm using the vector valued sequence spaces $\lambda^{s}(\cdot)$ and $\lambda^{mid}(\cdot)$, and establish its correspondence with the operator ideal of absolutely mid $\lambda$-summing operators.