Abstract:
Let $L(X,Y)$ be the Banach space of all continuous linear operators from $X$ to $Y$, and let $K(X,Y)$ be the subspace of compact operators. Some versions of the classical Pitt theorem (if $p>q$, then $K(\ell_p,\ell_q)=L(\ell_p,\ell_q)$) for subspaces of Lorentz and Orlicz sequence spaces are established.