On the preserved extremal structure of Lipschitz-free spaces

Abstract

We characterize preserved extreme points of Lipschitz-free spaces $\mathcal{F}(X)$ in terms of simple geometric conditions on the underlying metric space $(X,d)$. Namely, each preserved extreme point corresponds to a pair of points $p,q$ in $X$ such that the triangle inequality $d(p,q)\le d(p,r)+d(q,r)$ is uniformly strict for $r$ away from $p,q$. For compact $X$, this condition reduces to the triangle inequality being strict. This result gives an affirmative answer to a conjecture of N. Weaver that compact spaces are concave if and only if they have no triple of metrically aligned points.

15 pages. Results have been generalized to the general (i.e. non-compact) case. Comments are welcome

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