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Points of differentiability of the norm in Lipschitz-free spaces

Functional Analysis 2022-03-16 v1

Abstract

We consider convex series of molecules in Lipschitz-free spaces, i.e. elements of the form μ=nλnδxnδynd(xn,yn)\mu=\sum_n \lambda_n \frac{\delta_{x_n}-\delta_{y_n}}{d(x_n,y_n)} such that μ=nλn\|\mu\|=\sum_n |\lambda_n |. We characterise these elements in terms of geometric conditions on the points xnx_n, yny_n of the underlying metric space, and determine when they are points of G\^ateaux differentiability of the norm. In particular, we show that G\^ateaux and Fr\'echet differentiability are equivalent for finitely supported elements of Lipschitz-free spaces over uniformly discrete and bounded metric spaces, and that their tensor products with G\^ateaux (resp. Fr\'echet) differentiable elements of a Banach space are G\^ateaux (resp. Fr\'echet) differentiable in the corresponding projective tensor product.

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@article{arxiv.2003.01439,
  title  = {Points of differentiability of the norm in Lipschitz-free spaces},
  author = {Ramón J. Aliaga and Abraham Rueda Zoca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.01439},
  year   = {2022}
}