On approximation properties related to unconditionally p-compact operators and Sinha-Karn p-compact operators

We establish new results on the $\mathcal I$-approximation property for the Banach operator ideal $\mathcal I=\mathcal{K}_{up}$ of the unconditionally $p$-compact operators in the case of $1\le p<2$. As a consequence of our results, we provide a negative answer for the case $p=1$ of a problem posed by J.M. Kim (2017). Namely, the $\mathcal K_{u1}$-approximation property implies neither the $\mathcal{SK}_1$-approximation property nor the (classical) approximation property; and the $\mathcal{SK}_1$-approximation property implies neither the $\mathcal{K}_{u1}$-approximation property nor the approximation property. Here $\mathcal{SK}_p$ denotes the $p$-compact operators of Sinha and Karn for $p\ge 1$. We also show for all $2<p,q<\infty$ that there is a closed subspace $X\subset\ell^q$ that fails the $\mathcal{SK}_r$-approximation property for all $r\ge p$.