Arazy-type decomposition theorem for bounded linear operators and commutators on the trace class

The classical Arazy's decomposition theorem provides a powerful tool in the study of sequences in (and isomorphisms on) a separable operator ideal $\mathcal C_E$ of the algebra $\mathcal B(H)$ of all bounded linear operators on the separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space $H$. In this paper, we extend and strengthen Arazy's decomposition theorem to the setting of general bounded linear operators on a separable (quasi-Banach) operator ideal $\mathcal C_E$ of $\mathcal B(H)$. Several applications are given to the study of $\mathcal C_E$-strictly singular operators, largest proper ideals in the algebra $\mathcal B(\mathcal C_E)$ of all bounded linear operators on $\mathcal C_E$ and complementably homogeneous Banach spaces among others. Our versions of decomposition theorems supply tools for a noncommutative generalization of deep commutator theorems for operators on $\ell_p$ and $L_p$, $1\le p