On the approximation property for Banach spaces predual to \(H^\infty\)-spaces (Q1760179)

Motivated by the open problem of whether the space \(H^\infty(\mathbb{D})\) has the approximation property, the author studies the approximation property in preduals of \(H^\infty\)-spaces. Suppose that \(M\) is a complex manifold such that the algebra \(H^\infty(M)\) separates points in \(M\). By \(G^\infty(M)\) denote the closed linear span of \((\delta_m)_{m \in M}\) in \(H^\infty(M)^*\). Then \(G^\infty(M)^* = H^\infty(M)\). A particular case of one of the main results says that, for all bounded convex domains in \(\mathbb{C}\), both \(G^\infty(\Omega)\) and \(A(\Omega) = H^\infty(\Omega) \cap C(\overline{\Omega})\) have the metric approximation property.