Extension operators and twisted sums of c₀ and C(K) spaces

Publication date 28 February 2018

Abstract: We investigate the following problem posed by Cabello Sanch'ez, Castillo, Kalton, and Yost: Let

K

be a nonmetrizable compact space. Does there exist a nontrivial twisted sum of

c_{0}

and

C (K)

, i.e., does there exist a Banach space

X

containing a non-complemented copy

Z

of

c_{0}

such that the quotient space

X / Z

is isomorphic to

C (K)

? Using additional set-theoretic assumptions we give the first examples of compact spaces

K

providing a negative answer to this question. We show that under Martin's axiom and the negation of the continuum hypothesis, if either

K

is the Cantor cube

2^{o m e g a_{1}}

or

K

is a separable scattered compact space of height

3

and weight

o m e g a_{1}

, then every twisted sum of

c_{0}

and

C (K)

is trivial. We also construct nontrivial twisted sums of

c_{0}

and

C (K)

for

K

belonging to several classes of compacta. Our main tool is an investigation of pairs of compact spaces

K s u b s e t e q L

which do not admit an extension operator

C (K) o C (L)

.

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