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Weighted composition operators preserving various Lipschitz constants

Functional Analysis 2023-06-23 v1

Abstract

Let Lip(X)\mathrm{Lip}(X), Lipb(X)\mathrm{Lip}^b(X), Liploc(X)\mathrm{Lip}^{\mathrm{loc}}(X) and Lippt(X)\mathrm{Lip}^\mathrm{pt}(X) be the vector spaces of Lipschitz, bounded Lipschitz, locally Lipschitz and pointwise Lipschitz (real-valued) functions defined on a metric space (X,dX)(X, d_X), respectively. We show that if a weighted composition operator Tf=hfφTf=h\cdot f\circ \varphi defines a bijection between such vector spaces preserving Lipschitz constants, local Lipschitz constants or pointwise Lipschitz constants, then h=±1/αh= \pm1/\alpha is a constant function for some scalar α>0\alpha>0 and φ\varphi is an α\alpha-dilation. Let UU be open connected and VV be open, or both U,VU,V are convex bodies, in normed linear spaces E,FE, F, respectively. Let Tf=hfφTf=h\cdot f\circ\varphi be a bijective weighed composition operator between the vector spaces Lip(U)\mathrm{Lip}(U) and Lip(V)\mathrm{Lip}(V), Lipb(U)\mathrm{Lip}^b(U) and Lipb(V)\mathrm{Lip}^b(V), Liploc(U)\mathrm{Lip}^\mathrm{loc}(U) and Liploc(V)\mathrm{Lip}^\mathrm{loc}(V), or Lippt(U)\mathrm{Lip}^\mathrm{pt}(U) and Lippt(V)\mathrm{Lip}^\mathrm{pt}(V), preserving the Lipschitz, locally Lipschitz, or pointwise Lipschitz constants, respectively. We show that there is a linear isometry A:FEA: F\to E, an α>0\alpha>0 and a vector bEb\in E such that φ(x)=αAx+b\varphi(x)=\alpha Ax + b, and hh is a constant function assuming value ±1/α\pm 1/\alpha. More concrete results are obtained for the special cases when E=F=RnE=F=\mathbb{R}^n, or when U,VU,V are nn-dimensional flat manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2306.12824,
  title  = {Weighted composition operators preserving various Lipschitz constants},
  author = {Ching-Jou Liao and Chih-Neng Liu and Jung-Hui Liu and Ngai-Ching Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.12824},
  year   = {2023}
}

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to appear in "Annals of Mathematical Sciences and Applications"

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