The Giesy--James theorem for general index $p$, with an application to operator ideals on the $p$th James space

Alistair Bird, Graham Jameson, Niels Jakob Laustsen

A theorem of Giesy and James states that $c_0$ is finitely representable in James' quasi-reflexive Banach space $J_2$. We extend this theorem to the $p$th quasi-reflexive James spa…