Renormings of \(c_{0}\) and the fixed point property (Q2360042)

A Banach space \(X\) has the fixed point property (for nonexpansive mappings) if, for every closed bounded convex subset \(C\) of \(X\), every nonexpansive mapping \(T:C\to C\) has a fixed point. In [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl., Ser. A, Theory Methods 68, No. 8, 2303--2308 (2008; Zbl 1151.46006)], \textit{P.-K. Lin} proved that there exists a renorming of \(\ell^1\) that has the fixed point property. Whether there exists a renorming of \(c_0\) that has the fixed point property remains an open question. In the article under review, the authors introduce a property of Banach spaces related to the question of whether \(c_0\) can be renormed to have the fixed point property. A Banach space \(X\) has the norm one property if there exists a sequence \((x_n)\) in \(X\) equivalent to the usual basis of \(c_0\) and a sequence \((\alpha_n)\) in \([0,1)\) converging to \(1\) such that the operator \(T:[x_n]\to [x_n]\) defined by \(T(\sum_{n=1}^\infty t_n x_n) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \alpha_n t_n x_n\) has norm one. (Here, \([x_n]\) denotes the closed linear span of the \(x_n\)'s.) The authors prove that Banach spaces with the norm one property fail to have the fixed point property, and also note that the norm one property is more general than containing asymptotically isometric copies of \(c_0\) and that Banach spaces containing \(1\)-unconditional \(c_0\)-sequences have the norm one property. The authors ask if all renormings of \(c_0\) have the norm one property. If so, all renormings of \(c_0\) would fail the fixed point property and this would answer a significant question in metric fixed point theory.