On Lipschitz Retraction of Finite Subsets of Normed Spaces

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contents If $X$ is a metric space, then its finite subset spaces $X(n)$ form a nested sequence under natural isometric embeddings $X = X(1)\subset X(2) \subset \cdots$. It was previously established, by Kovalev when $X$ is a Hilbert space and, by Bačák and Kovalev when $X$ is a CAT(0) space, that this sequence admits Lipschitz retractions $X(n)\rightarrow X(n-1)$ for all $n\geq 2$. We prove that when $X$ is a normed space, the above sequence admits Lipschitz retractions $X(n)\rightarrow X$, $X(n)\rightarrow X(2)$, as well as concrete retractions $X(n)\rightarrow X(n-1)$ that are Lipschitz if $n=2,3$ and Hölder-continuous on bounded sets if $n>3$. We also prove that if $X$ is a geodesic metric space, then each $X(n)$ is a $2$-quasiconvex metric space. These results are relevant to certain questions in the aforementioned previous work which asked whether Lipschitz retractions $X(n)\rightarrow X(n-1)$, $n\geq 2$, exist for $X$ in more general classes of Banach spaces.
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spellingShingle On Lipschitz Retraction of Finite Subsets of Normed Spaces
Akofor, Earnest
Functional Analysis
General Topology
Metric Geometry
54E40, 46B20 (Primary), 54B20, 54C15, 54C25 (Secondary)
If $X$ is a metric space, then its finite subset spaces $X(n)$ form a nested sequence under natural isometric embeddings $X = X(1)\subset X(2) \subset \cdots$. It was previously established, by Kovalev when $X$ is a Hilbert space and, by Bačák and Kovalev when $X$ is a CAT(0) space, that this sequence admits Lipschitz retractions $X(n)\rightarrow X(n-1)$ for all $n\geq 2$. We prove that when $X$ is a normed space, the above sequence admits Lipschitz retractions $X(n)\rightarrow X$, $X(n)\rightarrow X(2)$, as well as concrete retractions $X(n)\rightarrow X(n-1)$ that are Lipschitz if $n=2,3$ and Hölder-continuous on bounded sets if $n>3$. We also prove that if $X$ is a geodesic metric space, then each $X(n)$ is a $2$-quasiconvex metric space. These results are relevant to certain questions in the aforementioned previous work which asked whether Lipschitz retractions $X(n)\rightarrow X(n-1)$, $n\geq 2$, exist for $X$ in more general classes of Banach spaces.
title On Lipschitz Retraction of Finite Subsets of Normed Spaces
topic Functional Analysis
General Topology
Metric Geometry
54E40, 46B20 (Primary), 54B20, 54C15, 54C25 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.00603