The Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property: a finite-dimensional approach (Q2344492)

In 2008, \textit{M. D. Acosta} et al. [J. Funct. Anal. 254, No. 11, 2780--2799 (2008; Zbl 1152.46006)] introduced the following definition: A pair of Banach spaces \((X,Y)\) has the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property if for every \(\varepsilon>0\) there exists \(\eta>0\) such that, whenever \(T\in L(X,Y)\) with \(\|T\|=1\) and \(x\in X\) with \(\|x\|=1\) satisfy \(\|Tx\|> 1 - \eta\), there exist \(y\in X\) with \(\|y\|=1\), \(S\in L(X,Y)\) with \(\|S\|=1\) such that \[ \|S y\|=1,\qquad \|x-y\|<\varepsilon,\qquad \|T-S\|<\varepsilon. \] This property has been extensively studied in the last years. In the paper under review, the authors give a geometrical characterization of those Banach spaces \(Y\) for which the pair \((\ell_\infty^3,Y)\) has the Bishop-Phelps-Bollobás property (\(\ell_\infty^3\) is the real three-dimensional space endowed with the supremum norm). Examples of spaces \(Y\) with this property are uniformly convex spaces, \(C(K)\) spaces and \(L_1(\mu)\) spaces. It is also proved that \(C_0(L,Z)\) has this property if and only if the Banach space \(Z\) does.