Abstract
Whitney's extension problem asks the following: Given a compact set E⊂Rn and a function f:E→R, how can we tell whether there exists F∈Cm(Rn) such that F=f on E? A 2006 theorem of Charles Fefferman [6] answers this question in its full generality.In this paper, we establish a version of this theorem adapted for variants of the Whitney extension problem, including nonnegative extensions and the smooth selection problems. Among other things, we generalize the Finiteness Principle for smooth selection by Fefferman-Israel-Luli [9] to the setting of infinite sets.Our main result is stated in terms of the iterated Glaeser refinement of a bundle formed by taking potential Taylor polynomials at each point of E. In particular, we show that such bundles (and any bundles with closed, convex fibers) stabilize after a bounded number of Glaeser refinements, thus strengthening the previous results of Glaeser, Bierstone-Milman-Pawłucki, and Fefferman which only hold for bundles with affine fibers.
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