Almost surjective ε-isometries of Banach spaces (Q4821116)

Let \(X,Y\) be Banach spaces. \(f:X \rightarrow Y\) is said to be an \(\varepsilon\)-isometry if \[ | \| f(y)-f(x)\| -\| y-x\| | \leq \varepsilon \] for all \(x,y \in X\). Approximating surjective \(\varepsilon\)-isometries uniformly by surjective affine isometries is a well studied problem. The results of \textit{D. H. Hyers} and \textit{S. M. Ulam} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 51, 288--292 (1945; Zbl 0060.26404)] and that of \textit{J. Gevirtz} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 89, 633--636 (1983; Zbl 0561.46012)] show that this can be done for any real Banach space within \(2 \varepsilon\). The surjectivity condition can be replaced by the condition \(\sup \{d(y,f(X)) : y \in Y\} < \infty\) [see \textit{P. Semrl} and \textit{J. Väisälä}, J. Funct. Anal. 198, 268--278 (2003; Zbl 1033.46019)]. In this paper the author shows that when \(Y\) is a uniformly convex space and \[ \sup_{0 \neq y \in Y} \lim_{| t| \rightarrow \infty} \frac{d(ty,f(X))}{\| ty\| } <1 \] then again one has an approximation within \(2\varepsilon\).