A basis of \(\mathbb{R}^n\) with good isometric properties and some applications to denseness of norm attaining operators (Q2186609)

This paper deals with the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property introduced in [\textit{M. D. Acosta} et al., J. Funct. Anal. 254, No. 11, 2780--2799 (2008; Zbl 1152.46006)]. The Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property of a pair \((X,Y)\) is an improved version of the denseness of the set of norm attaining (bounded linear) operators from \(X\) to \(Y\), in the same way that \textit{B. Bollobás} [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc., 2, 181--182 (1970; Zbl 0217.45104)] improved the classical Bishop-Phelps theorem [\textit{E. Bishop} and \textit{R. R. Phelps}, Bull. Am. Math. Soc., 67, 97--98 (1961; Zbl 0098.07905)]. A surprising result contained in the seminal paper [Acosta et al., loc. cit.] is that the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property may fail for a pair \((X,Y)\) even when the Banach space \(X\) is finite dimensional, despite the fact that, in this case, all operators from \(X\) to \(Y\) attain their norms. In that paper, the case when the domain space \(X\) is \(\ell_1^n\) (the \(n\)-dimensional \(\ell_1\) space) or even when \(X=\ell_1\), was studied and the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property was characterized in terms of a property of \(Y\) called the approximate hyperplane series property (AHSP), which deals with convex series in the space \(Y\). On the other hand, it is known that when \(X\) is a uniformly convex Banach space, then every pair \((X,Y)\) has the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property, regardless of the range space \(Y\), see [\textit{S. K. Kim} and \textit{H. J. Lee}, Can. J. Math. 66, No. 2, 373--386 (2014; Zbl 1298.46016)] or [\textit{M. D. Acosta} et al., Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 365, No. 11, 5911--5932 (2013; Zbl 1296.46007)]. In the paper under review, the case when \(X\) is \(\ell_\infty^n\) (the \(n\)-dimensional \(\ell_\infty\) space) is studied. The authors characterize those Banach spaces \(Y\) for which the pair \((\ell_\infty^n,Y)\) has the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property in terms of the behaviour of some subset of \(Y^n\). To get their results, the authors introduce and study a particular vector basis of \(\mathbb{R}^n\). As the main application of their results, the authors show that the pairs \((\ell_\infty^n,L_1(\mu))\) have the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property for every positive measure \(\mu\) and every positive integer~\(n\).