Geometry and volume product of finite dimensional Lipschitz-free spaces (Q2217511)

Let \((M,d)\) be a finite, pointed metric space, where the special designated point is denoted by \(a_0\). The family of Lipschitz functions \(f : M \to \mathbb{R}\) with the property that \(f(a_0)=0\) is a Banach space with respect to a norm defined by \(d\), and is called the Lipschitz dual \(\mathrm{Lip}_0(M)\) of \(M\). The canonical predual \(\mathcal{F}(M)\) of this space is called the Lipschitz-free space over \(M\). The authors study the geometric properties of Lipschitz-free spaces over finite, pointed metric spaces. The main topics and results in the paper are as follows. The authors characterize the weighted graphs induced by finite, pointed metric spaces, and describe the face structure of the unit ball \(B(\mathcal{F}(M))\) of the Lipschitz-free space over \(M\) in terms of the properties of this graph. They characterize the Lipschitz-free spaces that can be decomposed into an \(\ell_1\)- or \(\ell_{\infty}\)-sum of other Lipschitz-free spaces, and those that are zonotopes or Hanner polytopes. Furthermore, they give equivalent reformulations of the property that two Lipschitz-free spaces \(\mathcal{F}(M)\) and \(\mathcal{F}(M')\) are isomorphic. Finally, they investigate the volume products of the unit balls of Lipschitz-free spaces over pointed metric spaces with a fixed number of points, and prove some partial results regarding the minimal and the maximal values of these quantities.