Lipschitz-Free Spaces over Cantor Sets and Approximation Properties

Abstract

Let K=2^mathbb {N} be the Cantor set, let mathcal {M} be the set of all metrics d on K that give its usual (product) topology, and equip mathcal {M} with the topology of uniform convergence, where the metrics are regarded as functions on K^2. We prove that the set of metrics din mathcal {M} for which the Lipschitz-free space mathcal {F}(K,d) has the metric approximation property is a residual F_{sigma delta } set in mathcal {M}, and that the set of metrics din mathcal {M} for which mathcal {F}(K,d) fails the approximation property is a dense meager set in mathcal {M}. This answers a question posed by G. Godefroy.