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For $\lambda \ge 1$, a normed vector space $X$ is lambda-injective when every bounded linear operator from a subspace $Y$ of any normed space $Z$ into $X$ extends to $Z$ with the displayed norm bound. The space of bounded scalar functions on an index set is 1-injective: extend each coordinate functional by the Hahn-Banach theorem and reassemble it using the coordinate functional representation of an operator into bounded indexed functions.

The Hahn-Banach theorem for bounded linear functionals says that a bounded linear functional on any linear subspace of a normed vector space extends to the whole space with its norm unchanged. No closedness or completeness of the subspace is required. Question 1 uses real-valued ${\ell }_{\infty }(\Gamma )$, so its operator assertions are read over the real scalar field. The analogous complex statements use complex-valued indexed functions.

For $x\ne 0$, define $g(tx)=t\Vert x\Vert$ on its one-dimensional span. This is a norm-one functional, so Hahn-Banach theorem supplies an extension $f\in X^{\ast }$ withThe canonical embedding into the bidual is $Jx(f)=f(x)$. It is linear and $\Vert Jx\Vert \le \Vert x\Vert$. The bounded linear functional just constructed gives the reverse inequality for nonzero $x$, and the zero case is immediate. Thus $\boxed{\Vert Jx\Vert =\Vert x\Vert }$ and $J$ is injective.

For the coordinate functional representation of an operator into bounded indexed functions, let $e_{\gamma }$ evaluate a coordinate and put $f_{\gamma }=e_{\gamma }T$. If $T$ is bounded and linear, then $f_{\gamma }\in X^{\ast }$ and $\Vert f_{\gamma }\Vert \le \Vert T\Vert$. Conversely, if $M={\sup }_{\gamma }\Vert f_{\gamma }\Vert <\infty$, the formula $(Tx)(\gamma )=f_{\gamma }(x)$ defines a bounded scalar function for each $x$, is linear, and satisfies $\Vert Tx{\Vert }_{\infty }\le M\Vert x\Vert$. Combining the two estimates givesFor an empty index set both spaces/families have norm bound zero; the supremum of the empty nonnegative family is taken as zero.

Choose $\Gamma =B_{X^{\ast }}$ and $Tx=(f(x){)}_{f\in B_{X^{\ast }}}$. The Hahn-Banach theorem makes $\Vert Tx{\Vert }_{\infty }=\Vert x\Vert$, so this is a linear isometric embedding into bounded scalar functions on an index set.

If $X$ is nonzero and separable, choose a dense sequence $u_n$ in its unit sphere and supporting functionals $f_n$ with $\Vert f_n\Vert =f_n(u_n)=1$. For a unit vector $u$ and $ϵ>0$, some $u_n$ satisfies $\Vert u-u_n\Vert <ϵ$, whence $|f_n(u)|\ge 1-ϵ$. Thus $(f_n)$ is a countable norming family and $x\mapsto (f_n(x))$ is an isometry into the l-infinity sequence space. Completeness of $X$ is not needed.

If instead $X=E^{\ast }$ for a separable normed vector space $E$, choose a dense sequence $v_n$ in $B_E$. The evaluations $f_n(x)=x(v_n)$ lie in $B_{X^{\ast }}$ and continuity of $x\in E^{\ast }$ gives ${\sup }_n|x(v_n)|=\Vert x\Vert$. This again gives $\Gamma =\mathbb{N}$, even when $E^{\ast }$ is not separable. If $X=\{0\}$, use zero coordinates throughout.

To prove 1-injectivity, take $T:Y\to {\ell }_{\infty }(\Gamma )$ on a subspace of $Z$. Extend every coordinate $f_{\gamma }\in Y^{\ast }$ to ${\tilde{f}}_{\gamma }\in Z^{\ast }$ by Hahn-Banach theorem, keeping its norm. Their uniform bound defines $\tilde{T}z=({\tilde{f}}_{\gamma }(z))$, and the coordinate norm identity yieldsSelection of these extensions uses the usual choice convention for arbitrary index sets. This verifies the lambda-injective normed space definition with $\lambda =1$.

For the final retraction characterization of lambda-injectivity, suppose first that $X$ is lambda-injective and $i:X\to Z$ is a linear isometry. The inverse $i(X)\to X$ has norm one when $X\ne 0$; extend it to $P:Z\to X$ with $\Vert P\Vert \le \lambda$. Then $Pi=I_X$, and $iP$ is a bounded projection onto $i(X)$. For the zero space take $P=0$.

Conversely, suppose every linear isometry out of $X$ has such a left inverse. Fix an isometry $j:X\to {\ell }_{\infty }(\Gamma )$ as above and a left inverse $P$ with $\Vert P\Vert \le \lambda$. For any $T:Y\to X$, extend $jT$ to $S:Z\to {\ell }_{\infty }(\Gamma )$ by 1-injectivity. Then $\tilde{T}=PS$ extends $T$, and $\Vert \tilde{T}\Vert \le \lambda \Vert S\Vert =\lambda \Vert T\Vert$. Therefore $X$ is lambda-injective exactly when every isometric embedding $i:X\to Z$ admits a bounded map $P:Z\to X$ satisfying

A space is a lambda-injective normed space exactly when every linear isometry $J:X\to Z$ has a bounded left inverse as displayed. Necessity extends the inverse on $J(X)$. For sufficiency, embed $X$ in bounded scalar functions on an index set, extend the composed operator coordinatewise, and compose that extension with the assumed left inverse. The associated operator $JP$ is a projection onto $J(X)$.