Two-sided multiplication operators on the space of regular operators

Abstract

Let $W$, $X$, $Y$ and $Z$ be Dedekind complete Riesz spaces. For $A\in L^{r}(Y, Z)$ and $B\in L^{r}(W, X)$ let $M_{A,\,B}$ be the two-sided multiplication operator from $L^{r}(X, Y)$ into $L^r(W,\,Z)$ defined by $M_{A,\,B}(T)=ATB$. We show that for every $0\leq A_0\in L^{r}_{n}(Y, Z)$, $|M_{A_0, B}|(T)=M_{A_0, |B|}(T)$ holds for all $B\in L^{r}(W, X)$ and all $T\in L^{r}_{n}(X, Y)$. Furthermore, if $W$, $X$, $Y$ and $Z$ are Dedekind complete Banach lattices such that $X$ and $Y$ have order continuous norms, then $|M_{A,\, B}|=M_{|A|, \,|B|}$ for all $ A\in L^{r}(Y, Z)$ and all $B\in L^{r}(W, X)$. Our results generalize the related results of Synnatzschke and Wickstead, respectively.