Banach spaces with small weakly open subsets of the unit ball and massive sets of Daugavet and \(\Delta\)-points (Q6552632)

Let \(X\) be a Banach space, \(B_X\) its closed unit ball and \(S_X\) its unit sphere. For \(x\in S_X\) and \(\delta>0\), denote\N\[\N\Delta_\delta(x)=\{y\in B_X\colon \|x-y\|\geq 2-\delta \}.\N\]\NAccording to \textit{T.~A. Abrahamsen} et al. [Proc. Edinb. Math. Soc., II.~Ser. 63, No.~2, 475--496 (2020; Zbl 1445.46009)], an element \(x\in S_X\) is called a \textit{\(\Delta\)-point} if \(x\in \overline{\text{conv}}\,\Delta_\varepsilon(x)\) for all \(\delta>0\) and \(x\in S_X\) is called a \textit{Daugavet point} if \(B_X=\overline{\text{conv}}\,\Delta_\delta(x)\) for all \(\delta>0\). Stronger versions of these points -- super \(\Delta\)-points and super Daugavet points -- were recently introduced in \N[\textit{M. Martín} et al., Diss. Math. 594, 1--61 (2024; Zbl 07898462)].\N\N\NIn the present paper the authors prove the following theorem.\N\NFor every \(\varepsilon \in(0,1)\), there exists an equivalent norm \(||| \cdot |||_{\varepsilon}\) on \(L_{\infty}[0,1]\) with the following properties:\N\begin{itemize}\N\item[(1)] For every \(f \in L_{\infty}[0,1],\|f\|_{\infty} \leq ||| f |||_{\varepsilon} \leq \frac{1}{1-\varepsilon}\|f\|_{\infty}\);\N\item[(2)] the unit ball of \(\left(L_{\infty}[0,1],||| \cdot |||_{\varepsilon})\right.\) contains non-empty relatively weakly open subsets of arbitrarily small diameter;\N\item[(3)] the set of Daugavet points of the unit ball of \(\left(L_{\infty}[0,1],|||\cdot|||_{\varepsilon}\right)\) is weakly dense;\N\item[(4)] there are points of the unit ball of \(\left(L_{\infty}[0,1],||| \cdot |||_{\varepsilon}\right)\) which are simultaneously Daugavet points and preserved extreme points, but not super Daugavet points;\N\item[(5)] there are points of the unit ball of \(\left(L_{\infty}[0,1],||| \cdot |||_{\varepsilon}\right)\) which are simultaneously Daugavet points and points of continuity.\N\end{itemize}\N\NFurthermore, if \(\varepsilon\) is smaller than \(1 / 7\), then there are points of the unit ball of \(\left(L_{\infty}[0,1],||| \cdot |||_{\varepsilon}\right)\) which are not \(\Delta\)-points (in other words, \(\left(L_{\infty}[0,1],||| \cdot |||_{\varepsilon}\right)\) fails the diametral local diameter two property).