Linear extension operators between spaces of Lipschitz maps and optimal transport (Q782609)

The notion of K-gentle partition of unity is introduced in [\textit{J. R. Lee} and \textit{A. Naor}, Invent. Math. 160, 59--95 (2005; Zbl 1074.46004)] and the notion of K-Lipschitz retract is studied in [\textit{S. I. Ohta}, Positivity 13, 407--425 (2009; Zbl 1198.54048)]. Several authors studied K-gentle partition of unity and K-Lipschitz retract [\textit{A. Brudnyi } and \textit{Y. Brudnyi}, Algebra Anal. 19, 106--118 (2007; Zbl 1213.54040); \textit{P. Enflo}, Acta Math. 130, 309--317 (1973; Zbl 0267.46012); \textit{G. Godefroy}, North-West. Eur. J. Math. 1, 1--6 (2015; Zbl 1386.46021); \textit{G. Godefroy} and \textit{N. Ozawa}, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 142, 1681--1687 (2014; Zbl 1291.46013); \textit{J. Lindenstrauss },Michigan Math. J. 11, 263--287 (1964; Zbl 0195.42803); \textit{A. Naor} and \textit{Y. Rabani}, Israel J. Math. 219, 115--161 (2017; Zbl 1372.46020); \textit{N. J. Kalton}, Collect. Math. 55, 171--217 (2004; Zbl 1069.46004)]. The principal objective in this paper is to study a weaker notion related to the Kantorovich-Rubinstein transport distance called K-random projection, and to show that K-random projections can still be used to provide linear extension operators for Lipschitz maps.