When do the \(C_0^{(1)}(K, X)\) spaces determine the locally compact subspaces \(K\) of the real line \(\mathbb{R}\)? (Q5962574)

Let \(K\) and \(L\) be two locally compact Hausdorff spaces. The classical Amir-Cambern theorem asserts that, if there exists a Banach space isomorphism \(T: C_0(K)\to C_0(L)\) between the Banach spaces of scalar-valued continuous functions on the respective spaces that vanish at infinity, such that \(\|T\|\|T^{-1}\|<2\), then \(K\) and \(L\) are homeomorphic. This result has a number of interesting extensions in various directions. One may ask, for example, about different function spaces (like spaces of differentiable functions) or consider vector-valued generalisations. Cambern proved that the above conclusion holds true for the spaces \(C(K, X)\) and \(C(L, X)\) if \(X\) is a finite-dimensional Hilbert space and \(\|T\|\|T^{-1}\|<\sqrt{2}\) [\textit{M. Cambern}, Ill. J. Math. 20, 1--11 (1976; Zbl 0317.46030)]. \textit{K. Jarosz} studied in [Proc. Edinb. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 28, 121--131 (1985; Zbl 0577.46013)] more general target spaces at the cost of possibly decreasing the isomorphism constant in the hypothesis. There have been generalisations of the Amir-Cambern theorem for spaces of scalar-valued, differentiable functions, too (just to mention [\textit{N. V. Rao} and \textit{A. K. Roy}, Pac. J. Math. 38, 117--192 (1971; Zbl 0206.12102); ibid. 38, 177--192 (1971; Zbl 0218.46026)], [\textit{M. Cambern} and \textit{V. D. Pathak}, Math. Jap. 26, 253--260 (1981; Zbl 0464.46028); Rev. Roum. Math. Pures Appl. 27, 737--743 (1982; Zbl 0497.46015)]). The authors combine these two approaches by considering differentiable functions taking values in arbitrary finite-dimensional Banach spaces. To state the main result of the paper, we require a piece of terminology. Let \(K\) be a subset of the real line which is locally compact on its own and let \(X\) be a finite-dimensional Banach space. Let \(C_0^1(K,X)\) denote the space of all \(X\)-valued, continuously differentiable functions \(f\) such that both \(f\) and \(f^\prime\) vanish at infinity. Endow this space with the norm \(\|f\|=\max\{\|f\|_\infty, \|f^\prime\|_\infty\}\) (\(f\in C_0^1(K,X)\)), where \(\|\cdot \|_\infty\) stands for the supremum norm. It is then proved that, for some constant \(\lambda(X)>0\) that depends only on \(X\), if \(K\) and \(L\) are two locally compact subsets of the real line with the property that there exists a~Banach-space isomorphism \[ T: C_0^1(K,X)\to C_0^1(L,X) \] with \[ \|T\|_{ C_0^1(K,X)\to C_0^1(L,X)}\cdot \| T^{-1}\|_{C_0^1(L,X)\to C_0^1(K,X)} < \lambda(X) \] and \[ \|T\|_{ C_0(K,X)\to C_0(L,X)}\cdot \| T^{-1}\|_{C_0(L,X)\to C_0(K,X)} < \infty, \] then \(K\) and \(L\) are homeomorphic. The constant \(\lambda(X)\) is actually given by \[ \lambda(X) = \inf_{{x,y\in X,\atop \|x\|, \|y\|=1}} \sup_{|\lambda|=1} \|x+\lambda y\| \] and was introduced by Jarosz [loc. cit.] in this context.