On approximation using a peak norm (Q1332300)

Let \((X,\mu)\) be a finite measure space without atoms and having \(\mu(X)= 1\). Then the peak norm is defined for any \(\alpha\), \(0<\alpha\leq 1\) and for any \(f\in L_ p(X<\mu)\) by \[ \| f\|^{(\alpha)}_ p= \sup_{A\subset X,\mu(A)= \alpha} \left\{1/\alpha \int_ A | f|^ p\right\}^{1/p}, \] where all integrals are with respect to the measure \(d\mu\). In this paper best approximations of elements of \(L_ p(X,\mu)\) from a linear subspace with respect to the peak norm are characterized. Uniqueness and strong uniqueness results are given for \(p>1\), as well as conditions for the local Lipschitz continuity of the best approximation operator.