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Uniqueness of the norm preserving extension of a linear functional and the differentiability of the norm

Let X be a Banach space and Y be a closed subspace of X. Given a
bounded linear functional f on Y , the Hahn-Banach theorem guarantees
that there exists a linear extension ˜ f 2 X of f which preserves the norm
of f. But it does not state that such ˜ f is unique or not. If every f in Y
does have a unique norm preserving extension ˜ f in X , we say that Y has
the unique extension property, or, following P. R. Phelps, the property U in
X.
A. E. Taylor [17] and S. R. Foguel [7] had shown that every subspace Y
of X has the unique norm-preserving extension property in X if and only if
the dual space X is strictly convex. As known in [11], X is smooth if X is
strictly convex. The converse does not hold in general unless X is reflexive.
In this thesis, we show that if a subspace Y of a Banach space X has
the unique extension property then the norm of Y is outward smooth in X.
The converse holds when Y is reflexive. Note that our conditions are local,
i.e., they depend on Y only, but not on X. Several related results are also
derived. Our work extends and unifies recent results in literature.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0621106-113021
Date21 June 2006
CreatorsLiao, Ching-Jou
ContributorsNgai-Ching Wong, Jen-Chih Yao, Mark C. Ho, none, Ying-Hsiung Lin
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0621106-113021
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