An. Şt. Univ. Ovidius Constanţa Vol. 20(1), 2012, 417–430 On some lacunary difference sequence spaces defined by a sequence of Orlicz functions and q-lacunary ∆nm -statistical convergence Binod Chandra Tripathy and Hemen Dutta Abstract In this article, we introduce the lacunary difference sequence spaces n n w0 (M , θ, ∆n m , p, q), w1 (M , θ, ∆m , p, q) and w∞ (M , θ, ∆m , p, q) using a sequence M = (Mk ) of Orlicz functions and investigate some relevant properties of these spaces. Then, we define and study the notion of qlacunary ∆n m -statistical convergent sequences. Further, we study the relationship between q-lacunary ∆n m -statistical convergent sequences and n the spaces w0 (M , θ, ∆n m , p, q) and w1 (M , θ, ∆m , p, q). 1 Introduction The notion of difference sequence space was introduced by Kizmaz [10], who studied the difference sequence spaces ℓ∞ (∆), c(∆) and c0 (∆). The notion was further generalized by Et and Colak [4] by introducing the spaces ℓ∞ (∆n ), c(∆n ) and c0 (∆n ). Another type of generalization of the difference sequence spaces is due to Tripathy and Esi [23], who studied the spaces ℓ∞ (∆m ), c(∆m ) and c0 (∆m ). Tripathy, Esi and Tripathy [24] generalized the above notions and unified these as follows: Key Words: Orlicz function, lacunary sequence, seminorm, statistical convergence 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 40A05, 46A45; Secondary 40C05, 40A35. Received: February, 2011. Revised: April, 2011. Accepted: February, 2012. 417 418 Binod Chandra Tripathy and Hemen Dutta Let m, n be non-negative integers, then for Z a given sequence space we have Z(∆nm ) = {x = (xk ) ∈ w : (∆nm xk ) ∈ Z}, n−1 n−1 xk+m ) and ∆0m xk = xk , for all xk − ∆m where ∆nm x = (∆nm xk ) = (∆m k ∈ N , which is equivalent to the following binomial representation: n X v n n xk+mv . (−1) ∆m xk = v v=0 The notion of difference sequences was investigated from different aspects by Tripathy [16], Tripathy, Altin and Et [17], Tripathy and Baruah [18], Tripathy and Borgogain [20], Tripathy, Choudhary and Sarma [21], Tripathy and Dutta [22], Tripathy and Mahanta [27] are a few to be named. The notion of statistical convergence was studied at the initial stage by Fast [5] and Schoenberg [13] independently. Later on, it was further investigated by Fridy [6], Rath and Tripathy [12], Šalàt [14], Tripathy ([15], [16]), Tripathy and Baruah [19], Tripathy and Sarma [28], Tripathy and Sen [32] and many others. n P A subset E of N is said to have density δ(E) if δ(E) = lim n1 χE (k) n→∞ k=1 exists, where χE is the characteristic function of E. A sequence (xk ) is said to be statistically convergent to L if for every ε > 0, δ({k ∈ N : |xk − L| ≥ ε}) = 0. For L = 0, we say (xk ) is statistically null. By a lacunary sequence θ = (kr ); r = 1, 2, 3, . . . , where k0 = 0, we mean an increasing sequence of non-negative integers with hr = (kr − kr−1 ) → ∞ kr , for r = 1, 2, 3, . . . . The as r → ∞. We denote Ir = (kr−1 , kr ] and ηr = kr−1 space of lacunary strongly convergent sequence Nθ was defined by Freedman, Sember and Raphael [7] as follows: 1 X Nθ = {x = (xk ) : lim |xk − L| = 0, for some L}. r→∞ hr k∈Ir The space Nθ is a BK-space with the norm 1 X kxkθ = sup |xk |. r hr k∈Ir Nθ0 denotes the subset of those sequences in Nθ for which L = 0. (Nθ0 , k.kθ ) is also a BK-space. Freedman, Sember and Raphael [7] also defined the space |σ1 | of strongly Cesàro summable sequences as follows: n 1X |xk − L| = 0, for some L}. n→∞ n |σ1 | = {x = (xk ) : lim k=1 ON SOME LACUNARY DIFFERENCE SEQUENCE SPACES DEFINED BY A SEQUENCE OF ORLICZ FUNCTIONS AND q-LACUNARY ∆n m -STATISTICAL CONVERGENCE 419 In the special case when θ = (2r ), Nθ = |σ1 |. The notion of lacunary convergence has been investigated by Colak, Tripathy and Et [2], Tripathy and Baruah [19], Tripathy and Mahanta [27] and many others. An Orlicz function is a function M : [0, ∞) −→ [0, ∞), which is continuous, non-decreasing and convex with M (0) = 0, M (x) > 0, for x > 0 and M (x) → ∞, as x → ∞. Lindenstrauss and Tzafriri [11] used the Orlicz function and introduced the sequence space ℓM as follows: ) ( ∞ X |xk | < ∞, for some ρ > 0 . M ℓM = (xk ) ∈ w : ρ k=1 They proved that ℓM is a Banach space normed by ( ) ∞ X |xk | M k(xk )k = inf ρ > 0 : ≤1 . ρ k=1 In the recent past the notion of Orlicz function was investigated from different aspects and sequence spaces have been studied by Altin, Et and Tripathy [1], Et, Altin, Choudhary and Tripathy [3], Hudzik, Kamińska and Mastylo [8], Isik, Et and Tripathy [9], Tripathy, Altin and Et [17], Tripathy and Borgogain [20], Tripathy and Dutta [22], Tripathy and Hazarika [26], Tripathy and Mahanta [27], Tripathy and Sarma ([29], [30], [31]) and many others. Remark 1.1. An Orlicz function M satisfies the inequality M (λx) ≤ λM (x), for all λ with 0 < λ < 1. The following inequality will be used throughout the article. Let p = (pk ) be a positive sequence of real numbers with 0 < pk ≤ sup pk = G, D = max(1, 2G−1 ). Then for all ak , bk ∈ C for all k ∈ N , we have |ak + bk |pk ≤ D {|ak |pk + |bk |pk } . The notion of paranormed sequences has been investigated from sequence space point of view and linked with summability theory by Rath and Tripathy [12], Tripathy [16], Tripathy and Dutta [22], Tripathy and Hazarika [25], Tripathy and Sen ([32], [33]) and many others. Definition 1.1. Two non-negative functions f, g are called equivalent, whenever C1 f ≤ g ≤ C2 f , for some Cj > 0, j = 1, 2 and in this case we write f ≈ g. 420 2 Binod Chandra Tripathy and Hemen Dutta Definition and Preliminaries Lemma 2.1. (Işik, Et and T ripathy [9], Lemma1.1) Let p and q be seminorms on a linear space X. Then p is stronger than q if and only if there exists a constant M such that q(x) ≤ M p(x) for all x ∈ X. Let M =(Mk ) be a sequence of Orlicz functions, p = (pk ) be a bounded sequence of positive real numbers and X be a seminormed space over the field C of complex numbers with the seminorm q. w(X) denotes the space of all sequences x = (xk ), where xk ∈ X, for all k ∈ N . We define the following sequence spaces: P h n ipk ∆m x k Mk q = 0, ρ P h n ipk ∆m xk −L Mk q ρ 1 r→∞ hr k∈I r w0 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) = {x ∈ w(X) : lim for some ρ > 0}, 1 r→∞ hr k∈I r w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) = {x ∈ w(X) : lim = 0, for some ρ > 0 and L ∈ X}, w∞ (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) = {x ∈ w(X) : sup h1r r for some ρ > 0}. P h k∈Ir n ipk ∆m x k Mk q < ∞, ρ If Mk (x) = x, for all x ∈ [0, ∞), for all k ∈ N , pk = 1, for all k ∈ N , X = C, q(x) = |x|, for all x ∈ X and n = 0 so that ∆0m xk = xk , for all k ∈ N , then w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) = Nθ and w0 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) = Nθ0 . If in addition, we take θ = (2r ), then w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) = |σ1 |. 3 Main Results In this section, we investigate the results of this paper involving the spaces w0 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q), w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) and w∞ (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q). Theorem 3.1. Let M = (Mk ) be a sequence of Orlicz functions. Then w0 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) ⊂ w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) ⊂ w∞ (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q). Proof. It is obvious that w0 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) ⊆ w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q). We shall prove that w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) ⊆ w∞ (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q). ON SOME LACUNARY DIFFERENCE SEQUENCE SPACES DEFINED BY A SEQUENCE OF ORLICZ FUNCTIONS AND q-LACUNARY ∆n m -STATISTICAL CONVERGENCE 421 Let (xk ) ∈ w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q). Then there exist some ρ > 0 and L ∈ X such that n pk 1 X ∆m xk − L lim Mk q = 0. r→∞ hr ρ k∈Ir On taking ρ1 = 2ρ, we have 1 hr P h k∈Ir n ipk ∆m x k Mk q ρ1 n h ipk P ∆m xk −L 1 ≤ hDr + 2 Mk q ρ k∈Ir ≤ D hr D hr k∈Ir 2 Mk ipk q Lρ n h iH ipk ∆m xk −L 1 , +D max 1, sup 2 Mk q Lρ 2 Mk q ρ P h1 k∈Ir P h1 where sup pk = G, H = max(1, G) and D = max(1, 2G−1 ). k Thus we get (xk ) ∈ w∞ (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q). The inclusions are strict follows from the following examples. Example 3.1. Let m = n = 2, θ = (3r ), pk = 1, for all k ∈ N , X = C 2 , q(x) = max(|x1 |, |x2 |), for x = (x1 , x2 ) ∈ C 2 and Mk (x) = x2 , for all x ∈ [0, ∞) and k ∈ N . Consider the sequence (xk ) defined by xk = (k 2 , k 2 ) for each fixed k ∈ N . Then (xk ) ∈ w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q), but (xk ) ∈ / w0 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q). Example 3.2. Let m = n = 2, θ = (2r ), pk = 2, for all k odd and pk = 3, for all k even, X = C 3 , q(x) = max(|x1 |, |x2 |, |x3 |), for x = (x1 , x2 , x3 ) ∈ C 3 and Mk (x) = x4 , for all x ∈ [0, ∞) and k ∈ N . Consider the sequence (xk ) defined by xk = (k, k, k) for each fixed k ∈ N . Then (xk ) ∈ w∞ (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q), but (xk ) ∈ / w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q). Corollary 3.2. w0 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) and w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) are nowhere dense subsets of w∞ (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q). Proof. Proof is a consequence of Theorem 3.1. Proof of the following theorem is easy, so omitted. Theorem 3.3. The spaces w0 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q), w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) and w∞ (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) are linear. Theorem 3.4. The spaces w0 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q), w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) and 422 Binod Chandra Tripathy and Hemen Dutta w∞ (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) are paranormed spaces paranormed by n mn X pr ∆m xk q(xi ) + inf ρ H : sup Mk q g(x) = ≤ 1, ρ > 0, r ∈ N , ρ k i=1 where H = max(1, sup pr ). r Proof. g(x) = g(−x). Since Mk (0) = 0, for all k ∈ N , we get pr Clearly inf ρ H = 0 for x = θ. Now let x, y ∈ w0 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) and choose ρ1 , ρ2 > 0 such that n n ∆m yk ∆m xk ≤ 1 and sup Mk q ≤1 sup k Mk q ρ ρ2 1 k k Let ρ = ρ1 + ρ2 . Then we have i h n ∆m (xk +yk ) sup Mk q ρ k n i n i h h ∆m x k ∆m y k ρ2 1 q q ≤ ρ1ρ+ρ sup + sup M M k k ρ1 ρ1 +ρ2 ρ2 2 k k ρ1 ρ2 ≤ ρ1 +ρ2 + ρ1 +ρ2 = 1. Hence g(x + y) ≤ g(x) + g(y). Finally let λ be a given non-zero scalar, then the continuity of the scalar multiplication follows from the following equality i n h mn P pr ∆m (λxk ) ≤1 q(λxi ) + inf ρ H : sup Mk q g(λx) = ρ k i=1 i h mn P pr ∆n m (xk ) q(xi ) + inf (|λ|s) H : sup Mk q = |λ| ≤ 1 , where s = s ρ |λ| . i=1 k This completes the proof. Proof of the following result is easy, so omitted. Theorem 3.5. Let M = (Mk ) and T = (Tk ) be sequences of Orlicz functions and Z = w0 , w1 and w∞ . Then for any two sequences p = (pk ) and t = (tk ) of bounded positive real numbers and for any two seminorms q1 and q2 , we have (i) If q1 is stronger than θ, ∆nm , p, q1 ) ⊂ Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q2 ), T q2 , then Z(M, n n Z(M, θ, ∆m , p, q2 ) ⊂ Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q1 + q2 ), (ii) Z(M, θ, ∆m , p, q1 ) ON SOME LACUNARY DIFFERENCE SEQUENCE SPACES DEFINED BY A SEQUENCE OF ORLICZ FUNCTIONS AND q-LACUNARY ∆n m -STATISTICAL CONVERGENCE 423 T (iii) Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q1 ) T Z(T, θ, ∆nm , p, q1 ) ⊂ Z(M + T, θ, ∆nm , p, q1 ), Z(M, θ, ∆nm , t, q2 ) 6= φ, (iv) Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q1 ) n−1 (v) The inclusions Z(M, θ, ∆m , p, q1 ) ⊂ Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q1 ) are strict. In i general Z(M, θ, ∆m , p, q1 ) ⊂ Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q1 ) for i = 1, 2, . . . , n-1 and the inclusion is strict. Theorem 3.6. Let Z = w0 , w1 and w∞ . Then we have the followings. (i) Let 0 < inf pk ≤ pk ≤ 1. Then Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) ⊂ Z(M, θ, ∆nm , q), (ii) Let 1 ≤ pk sup pk < ∞. Then θ, ∆nm , q) ⊂ Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q), Z(M, (iii) Let 0 < pk ≤ tk and ptkk be bounded. Then Z(M, θ, ∆nm , t, q) ⊆ Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q). Proof. Proof of the parts (i) and (ii) is easy and so omitted. We prove the part (iii) for Z = w1 and for Z = w0 , w∞ , it will follow on applying similar technique. n h it ∆m xk −L We write Sk = Mk q and µk = ρ k ′ pk tk so that 0 < µ ≤ µk ≤ 1. ′′ Define Sk = Sk if Sk ≥ 1 = 0 if Sk < 1, Sk = 0 if Sk ≥ 1 = Sk if Sk < 1 ′ ′′ Then Sk = Sk + Sk , Skµk = Skµk + Sk µk . ′ ′′ ′ ′′ ′′ Now it follows that Skµk ≤ Sk ≤ Sk , Sk µk ≤ Sk µ . ′ We have the following inequality 1 hr P k∈Ir Skµk ≤ 1 hr P k∈Ir Sk + 1 hr P k∈Ir ′′ Sk µ . Therefore if (xk ) ∈ w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , t, q), then (xk ) ∈ w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q). The following Theorem is a direct consequence of Definition 1.1. Theorem 3.7. Let M = (Mk ) and T = (Tk ) be two sequences of Orlicz functions such that Mk ≈ Tk , for each k ∈ N . Then for Z = w0 , w1 and w∞ , we have Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q)=Z(T, θ, ∆nm , p, q). Theorem 3.8. Let M = (Mk ) be a sequence of Orlicz functions and Z = w0 , w1 and w∞ . Then Z(M, θ, ∆nm , p, q)=Z(θ, ∆nm , p, q), if the following conditions hold 424 Binod Chandra Tripathy and Hemen Dutta lim t→0 Mk (t) t > 0 and lim t→0 Mk (t) t < ∞, for each k ∈ N . Proof. If the given conditions are satisfied, we have Mk (t) = t, for each k ∈ N . Then the proof from using Theorem 3.7. q-Lacunary ∆nm -Statistical Convergence 4 In this section, we define the notion of q-lacunary ∆nm -statistical convergence and investigate some of its properties. Further, we establish some relations between q-lacunary ∆nm -statistical convergence and the spaces w0 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q) and w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q). Definition 4.1. Let θ be a lacunary sequence, then the sequence x = (xk ) is said to be q-lacunary ∆nm -statistical convergent to the number L provided that for every ε > 0, lim h1r .card {k ∈ Ir : q (∆nm xk − L) ≥ ε} = 0. r→∞ In this case, we write xk → L (Sθq (∆nm )) or Sθq (∆nm )-lim xk = L and we define Sθq (∆nm ) = {x ∈ w(X) : Sθq (∆nm ) − lim xk = L, for some L}. In the case θ = (2r ), we write S q (∆nm ) instead of Sθq (∆nm ). If X = C, q(x) = |x|, we write Sθ (∆nm ) instead of Sθq (∆nm ) and if θ = (2r ) we write S(∆nm ) instead of Sθ (∆nm ). q In the special case L = 0, we denote it by S0θ (∆nm ). Theorem 4.1. Let θ be a lacunary sequence and 0 < p < ∞. (i) If xk → L(wθq (∆nm )), then xk → L(Sθq (∆nm )), (ii) If x ∈ ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) and xk → L(Sθq (∆nm )), then xk → L(wθq (∆nm )), where ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm )=x ∈ w(X) : sup q(∆nm xk ) < ∞ and k ) ( P p q 1 n n (q (∆m xk − L)) = 0, for some L . wθ (∆m )= x ∈ w(X) : lim hr r (iii) ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ k∈Ir Sθq (∆nm )=ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ wθq (∆nm ). Proof. (i) Let xk → L(wθq (∆nm )) and ε > 0. Then we have P p (q (∆nm xk − L)) ≥ εp card{k ∈ Ir : q (∆nm xk − L) ≥ ε}. k∈Ir ON SOME LACUNARY DIFFERENCE SEQUENCE SPACES DEFINED BY A SEQUENCE OF ORLICZ FUNCTIONS AND q-LACUNARY ∆n m -STATISTICAL CONVERGENCE 425 Hence xk → L(Sθq (∆nm )). (ii) Suppose x ∈ ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) and xk → L(Sθq (∆nm )). Let ε > 0 be given and n0 (ε) ∈nN such that 1 o ε p 1 n < 2Kε p for all r > n0 (ε), where K = hr card k ∈ Ir : q (∆m xk − L) ≥ 2 n 1 o sup (q (∆nm xk − L)) and we set Lr = k ∈ Ir : q (∆nm xk − L) ≥ 2ε p . k Now for all r > n0 , we have 1 hr P k∈Ir p (q (∆nm xk − L)) = 1 hr + 1 hr ≤ Hence xk → L(wθq (∆nm )). P k∈Ir ,k∈Lr P (q (∆nm xk − L)) p p (q (∆nm xk − L)) + h1r hr 2ε = ε. k∈Ir ,k∈L / r p hr ε 1 hr 2K p K (iii) The proof follows from (i) and (ii). Theorem 4.2. Let θ be a lacunary sequence. (i) If lim inf r ηr > 1, then S q (∆nm ) ⊆ Sθq (∆nm ), (ii) If lim supr ηr < ∞, then Sθq (∆nm ) ⊆ S q (∆nm ), (iii) If 1 < lim inf r ηr ≤ lim supr ηr < ∞, then Sθq (∆nm ) = S q (∆nm ). Proof. (i) If lim inf r ηr > 1, then there exists a δ > 0 such that 1 + δ ≤ ηr for sufficiently large r. Since hr = kr − kr−1 , we have hkrr ≤ 1+δ δ . Let (xk ) ∈ L (S q (∆nm )). Then for every ε > 0, we have 1 kr card{k ≤ kr : q (∆nm xk − L) ≥ ε} ≥ k1r card{k ∈ Ir : q (∆nm xk − L) ≥ ε} δ 1 n ≥ δ+1 hr card{k ∈ Ir : q (∆m xk − L) ≥ ε}. Thus xk → L (Sθq (∆nm )). Hence S q (∆nm ) ⊆ Sθq (∆nm ). (ii) Suppose lim supr ηr < ∞. Then there exists M > 0 such that ηr < M for all r ≥ 1. Let xk → L (Sθq (∆nm )) and ε > 0. Suppose Er =card{k ∈ Ir : q (∆nm xk − L) ≥ ε}, then there exists n0 ∈ N such that h1r Er < ε for all r > n0 . Let K = max Er 1≤r≤n0 and choose n such that kr−1 < n ≤ Kr , then we have 426 Binod Chandra Tripathy and Hemen Dutta 1 n card{k 1 card{k ≤ kr : q (∆nm xk − L) ≥ ε} ≤ n : q (∆nm xk − L) ≥ ε} ≤ kr−1 1 ≤ kr−1 {E1 + · · · + En0 + · · · + Er } o n En0 +1 Er 1 K ≤ kr−1 n0 + kr−1 hn0 +1 hn0 +1 + · · · + hr hr Er 1 K ≤ kr−1 n0 + kr−1 sup hr {hn0 +1 + · · · + hr } r>n0 K k −k ≤ ≤ r n0 kr−1 n0 + ε kr−1 K kr−1 n0 + εηr ≤ K kr−1 n0 + εM . Since kr−1 → ∞ as n → ∞, it follows that xk → L (S q (∆nm )). Hence ⊆ S q (∆nm ). Sθq (∆nm ) (iii) The proof follows from (i) and (ii). Theorem 4.3. (i) w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) ⊆ Sθq (∆nm ), q (∆nm ). (ii) w0 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q) ⊆ S0θ Proof. (i) Let (xk ) ∈ w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q). Then there exist some ρ > 0 and L ∈ X such that n pk ∆m xk − L 1 X Mk q = 0. lim r→∞ hr ρ k∈Ir denote the sum over k ∈ Ir such that q(∆nm −L) ≥ ε Let ε > 0 be given and 1 P denote the sum over k ∈ Ir such the q(∆nm − L) < ε. Then and 2 n n ipk ipk P h Ph ∆m xk −L ∆m xk −L 1 1 q q M M = k k hr ρ hr ρ k∈Ir 1 n h ipk P ∆m xk −L Mk q + h1r ρ 2 P ε 1 pk ≥ hr [Mk (ε1 )] , where ρ = ε1 1 P min [Mk (ε1 )]inf pk , [Mk (ε1 )]G ≥ h1r 1 ≥ h1r card{k ∈ Ir : q(∆nm xk − L) ≥ ε} min [Mk (ε1 )]inf pk , [Mk (ε1 )]G . P Hence (xk ) ∈ Sθq (∆nm ). (ii) Proof is similar to that of part (i). ON SOME LACUNARY DIFFERENCE SEQUENCE SPACES DEFINED BY A SEQUENCE OF ORLICZ FUNCTIONS AND q-LACUNARY ∆n m -STATISTICAL CONVERGENCE 427 Theorem 4.4. (i) ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ Sθq (∆nm ) = ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ w1 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q), q (∆nm ) = ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ w0 (M, θ, ∆nm , p, q). (ii) ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ S0θ Proof. (i) Using Theorem 4.3, it is enough to show that ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ Sθq (∆nm ) ⊆ ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ w1 (M , θ, ∆nm , p, q). P Let (xkP ) ∈ ℓ∞ (q, ∆nm ) ∩ Sθq (∆nm ) and tk q n n be the same as in the proof of and = (∆m xk − L) → 0 (Sθ (∆m )). Let 2 1 n the previous Theorem. 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