Smooth points in operator spaces and some Bishop-Phelps-Bollob$\acute{a}$s type theorems in Banach spaces

Abstract: We introduce the notion of approximate norm attainment set of a bounded linear operator between Banach spaces and use it to obtain a complete characterization of smooth points in the space of compact linear operators, provided the domain space is reflexive and Kadets-Klee. We also apply the concept to characterize strong BPB property (sBPBp) of a pair of Banach spaces. We further introduce uniform $ \epsilon- $BPB approximation of a bounded linear operator and uniform strong BPB property (uniform sBPBp) with respect to a given family of norm one linear operators and explore some of the relevant properties to illustrate its connection with earlier studies on Bishop-Phelps-Bollob$\acute{a}$s type theorems in Banach spaces. It is evident that our study has deep connections with the study of smooth points in operator spaces. We obtain a complete characterization of uniform sBPBp for a pair of Banach spaces, with respect to a given family of norm one bounded linear operators between them. As the final result of this paper, we prove that if $ \mathbb{X} $ is a reflexive Kadets-Klee Banach space and $ \mathbb{Y} $ is any Banach space, then the pair $ (\mathbb{X},\mathbb{Y}) $ has sBPBp for compact operators. Our results extend, complement and improve some of the earlier results in this context.