Factoring multi-sublinear maps

Using Rademacher type, maximal estimates are established for k-sublinear operators with values in the space of measurable functions. Maurey–Nikishin factorization implies that such operators factor through a weak-type Lebesgue space. This extends known results for sublinear operators and improves some results for bilinear operators. For example, any continuous bilinear operator from a product of type 2 spaces into the space of measurable functions factors through a Banach space. Also included are applications for multilinear translation invariant operators.