The approximation property for spaces of Lipschitz functions with the bounded weak\(^*\) topology (Q1645290)

Summary: Let \(X\) be a pointed metric space and let \(\mathrm{Lip}_0(X)\) be the space of all scalar-valued Lipschitz functions on \(X\) which vanish at the base point. We prove that \(\mathrm{Lip}_0(X)\) with the bounded weak\(^*\) topology \(\tau_{bw^\ast}\) has the approximation property if and only if the Lipschitz-free Banach space \(\mathcal{F}(X)\) has the approximation property if and only if, for each Banach space \(F\), each Lipschitz operator from \(X\) into \(F\) can be approximated by Lipschitz finite-rank operators within the unique locally convex topology \(\gamma\tau_\gamma\) on \(\mathrm{Lip}_0(X,F)\) such that the Lipschitz transpose mapping \(f \mapsto f^t\) is a topological isomorphism from (\(\mathrm{Lip}_0(X,F),\gamma\tau_\gamma\)) to (\(\mathrm{Lip}_0(X),\tau_{bw^\ast}\))\(\epsilon F\).