Perturbations of isometries between C(K)-spaces (Q4829465)

Let \(K\) and \(L\) be Hausdorff [locally] compact spaces. How similar are the two corresponding spaces of continuous functions [vanishing at infinity] given that distance between the function spaces is small in some nonlinear metric? This is the question considered in this paper. For the Banach--Mazur distance, this question was studied by \textit{D.~Amir} [Isr. J. Math. 3, 205--210 (1965; Zbl 0141.31301)] and \textit{M.~Cambern} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 17, 396--400 (1966; Zbl 0156.36902)]. The Gromov--Hausdorff distance between Banach spaces \(X\) and \(Y\) is the infimum of all Hausdorff distances between \(i(B_X)\) and \(j(B_Y)\), where \(i: B_X \rightarrow M\) and \(j : B_Y \rightarrow M\) are isometric embeddings into a common pseudo-metric space \(M\). The Kadets distance between \(X\) and \(Y\) is the infimum of all Hausdorff distances between \(i(B_X)\) and \(j(B_Y)\), where \(i : X \rightarrow E\) and \(j : Y \rightarrow E\) are linear isometric embeddings into a common normed space \(E\). The authors prove that if \(K\) and \(L\) are Hausdorff locally compact spaces such that the Gromov--Hausdorff distance between \(C_0(K)\) and \(C_0(L)\) is less than \(1/16\), then \(K\) and \(L\) are homeomorphic. They also prove that if \(K\) and \(L\) are two metrizable compact spaces such that the Kadets distance between \(C(K)\) and \(C(L)\) is less than \(1\), then \(C(K)\) and \(C(L)\) are linearly isomorphic. The paper also contains a corrected version (two constants needed to be changed) of Proposition~3.3 in [\textit{N.~J.~Kalton and M.~I.~Ostrovskij}, Forum Math. 11, No. 1, 17--48 (1999; Zbl 0934.46017)].