Diameter two properties in some vector-valued function spaces (Q2240638)

Given a locally convex space \(X\) whose topology is compatible with a dual pair and given a compact Hausdorff space \(K\), the \textit{\(X\)-valued function space over a uniform algebra}, \(A(K,X)\), is a closed subspace of \(C(K,X)\) satisfying \begin{itemize} \item[(a)] \(A:=X^*\circ A(K,X)\) is a uniform algebra over \(K\); \item[(b)] \(A\cdot A(K,X)\subset A(K,X)\). \end{itemize} The paper introduces the class of Banach spaces of the form \(A(K,X)\) and studies it in order to provide generalizations of examples of spaces enjoying the \textit{diameter two property} (i.e., every relatively weakly open subset of the unit ball has diameter two) and spaces possessing \textit{Daugavet points} (i.e., \(x\in S_X\) which is such that \(\overline{\text{conv}}\{y:\|y\|\le1\) and \(\|x-y\|\ge2-\varepsilon\}\) coincides with the unit ball for every \(\varepsilon>0\)) and \textit{\(\Delta\)-points} (i.e., \(x\in S_X\) which is contained in \(\overline{\text{conv}}\{y:\|y\|\le1\) and \(\|x-y\|\ge2-\varepsilon\}\) for every \(\varepsilon>0\)). The main results can be summarized as follows. {Theorem.} If \(A\) is infinite-dimensional, then \(A(K,X)\) has the diameter two property. {Theorem.} If \(A\otimes X\subset A(K,X)\), then every norm-one \(f\in A(K,X)\) such that there is a limit point \(t\) in the Shilov boundary of \(A\) satisfying \(\|f(t)\|=1\) is a Daugavet point. If, in addition, \(X\) is uniformly convex, then the following are equivalent: \begin{itemize} \item[(i)] \(f\) is a Daugavet point; \item[(ii)] \(f\) is a \(\Delta\)-point; \item[(iii)] there is a limit point \(t\) in the Shilov boundary of \(A\) satisfying \(\|f(t)\|=1\). \end{itemize}