Ball proximinal and strongly ball proximinal hyperplanes (Q390524)

Let \(X\) be a Banach space. A closed subspace \(Y \subset X\) is said to be ball proximinal if the closed unit ball \(B_Y\) is a proximinal set in \(X\). Such subspaces are proximinal. Motivated by an example of a proximinal subspace that is not ball proximinal, due to \textit{F. B. Saidi} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 133, No. 9, 2697--2703 (2005; Zbl 1071.41033)], the reviewer in a joint work with [\textit{P. Bandyopadhyay} et al., in: Banach spaces and their applications in analysis. Proceedings of the international conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA, May 22--27, 2006. In honor of Nigel Kalton's 60th birthday. Randrianantoanina, Beata (ed.) et al., Berlin: Walter de Gruyter 251--264 (2007; Zbl 1135.41011)], initiated the study of such subspaces. In this interesting paper the authors introduce the notion of a \(E\)-proximinal subspace and give a necessary and sufficient condition for a proximinal hyperplane \(Y\) to be ball proximinal in terms of a proximinality condition on the level sets.