The dual of the Bourgain-Delbaen space (Q1567346)

A basic question in Banach space theory asks if the only \({\mathcal L}_{\infty}\)-space that is uniformly homeomorphic to \(c_0\) is \(c_0\) itself. A necessary condition that an \({\mathcal L}_{\infty}\)-spaces be uniformly homeomorphic to \(c_0\) is a consequence of the work of \textit{W.B.~Johnson, J.~Lindenstrauss} and \textit{G.~Schechtman} [Geom.\ Funct.\ Anal.\ 6, No.3, 430--470 (1996; Zbl 0864.46008)]. Using a construction developed by \textit{J. Bourgain} and \textit{F. Delbaen} [Acta Math. 145, 155-176 (1980; Zbl 0466.46024)], the current paper shows that the necessary condition is not sufficient to conclude that an \({\mathcal L}_{\infty}\)-space is \(c_0\). The proof is a delicate technical argument examining the \(w^*\)-topology on the dual space.