On total incomparability of mixed Tsirelson spaces

Abstract

We give criteria of total incomparability for certain classes of mixed Tsirelson spaces. We show that spaces of the form $T[(M_k,\theta_k)_{k=1}^{\ell}]$ with index $i(M_k)$ finite are either $c_0$ or $\ell_p$ saturated for some $p$ and we characterize when any two spaces of such a form are totally incomparable in terms of the index $i(M_k)$ and the parameter $\theta_k$. Also, we give sufficient conditions of total incomparability for a particular class of spaces of the form $T[(A_k,\theta_k)_{k=1}^\infty]$ in terms of the asymptotic behaviour of the sequence $\Vert\sum_{i=1}^n e_i\Vert$ where $(e_i)$ is the canonical basis.