The Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás theorem for operators (Q927634)

Inspired by the extension of the celebrated Bishop-Phelps theorem obtained by \textit{B.\,Bollobás} [Bull.\ Lond.\ Math.\ Soc.\ 2, 181--182 (1970; Zbl 0217.45104)], the authors introduce the following definition: a couple \((X,Y)\) of Banach spaces has the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property for operators if, given \(\varepsilon>0\), there are \(\eta(\varepsilon)>0\) and \(\beta(\varepsilon)>0\) with \(\lim_{t \to 0} \beta(t)=0\) such that, for all linear continuous operators \(T:X \to Y\), \(\| T\| =1\), if \(x_0 \in X\), \(\| x_0\| =1\), is such that \(\| Tx_0\| >1- \eta(\varepsilon)\), then there exists a point \(u_0 \in X\), \(\| u_0\| =1\), and a linear continuous operator \(S: X \to Y\) that satisfies the following conditions: \(\| Su_0\| =1\), \(\| u_{0}-x_{0}\| < \beta(\varepsilon)\) and \(\| S-T\| < \varepsilon\). They prove that a pair \((X, Y)\) has the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property for operators for every Banach space \(X\) whenever \(Y\) has the property \(\beta\) introduced by \textit{J.\,Lindenstrauss} [Isr.\ J.\ Math.\ 1, 139--148 (1963; Zbl 0127.06704)]. They also characterize those Banach spaces \(Y\) for which \((l_{1}, Y)\) has the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property for operators. Several examples of classes of such spaces are provided.