The Lipschitz bounded approximation property for operator ideals (Q2062188)

This paper mainly deals with the extension to arbitrary operator ideals of the characterization of the bounded approximation property (BAP in short) given by \textit{G. Godefroy} and \textit{N. J. Kalton} [Stud. Math. 159, No. 1, 121--141 (2003; Zbl 1059.46058)] in terms of Lipschitz maps and of Lipschitz-free spaces. The notion of bounded approximation properties with respect to operator ideals goes back to \textit{E. Oja} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 323, No. 1, 666--679 (2006; Zbl 1112.46016)]. Given Banach spaces \(X\) and \(Y\), write \(\operatorname{Lip}_0(X,Y)\) for the Banach space of those Lipschitz maps from \(X\) to \(Y\) which vanish at \(0\) and let \(\mathcal{F}(X)\) be the Lipschitz-free space on \(X\). Recall that \(\operatorname{Lip}_0(X,Y)\equiv \mathcal{L}(\mathcal{F}(X),Y)\) by means of the linearization map \(L_f\) associated to every Lipschitz map~\(f\). Given an operator ideal \(\mathcal{A}\), write \(\operatorname{Lip}_{\mathcal{A}}(X,Y)\) for the linear subspace of \(\operatorname{Lip}_0(X,Y)\) consisting of those Lipschitz maps \(f\) for which \(L_f\in \mathcal{A}\). For \(\lambda\geqslant 1\), the Banach space \(X\) is said to have the Lipschitz \(\mathcal{A}\)-\(\lambda\)-BAP if the identity operator on \(X\) belongs to the closure in the compact open topology of the elements in \(\operatorname{Lip}_{\mathcal{A}}(X,Y)\) whose norm is less than or equal to \(\lambda\). In this paper, several characterizations of the Lipschitz \(\mathcal{A}\)-\(\lambda\)-BAP are given. In particular, it is shown that the Lipschitz \(\mathcal{A}\)-\(\lambda\)-BAP is equivalent to the (linear) \(\mathcal{A}\)-\(\lambda\)-BAP for Lipschitz-free spaces. Also, for a big class of operator ideals including the one of compact operators and the one of weakly compact operators, the \(\mathcal{A}\)-\(\lambda\)-BAP of a Banach space \(X\) is equivalent to the \(\mathcal{A}\)-\(\lambda\)-BAP of \(\mathcal{F}(X)\). Finally, the paper also studies the three-space problem for the Lipschitz bounded approximation property with respect to an arbitrary ideal.