A characterization of a local vector valued Bollobás theorem

Abstract: In this paper, we are interested in giving two characterizations for the so-called property {\bf L}${o,o}$, a local vector valued Bollob\'as type theorem. We say that $(X, Y)$ has this property whenever given $\eps > 0$ and an operador $T: X \rightarrow Y$, there is $\eta = \eta(\eps, T)$ such that if $x$ satisfies $|T(x)| > 1 - \eta$, then there exists $x_0 \in S_X$ such that $x_0 \approx x$ and $T$ itself attains its norm at $x_0$. This can be seen as a strong (although local) Bollob\'as theorem for operators. We prove that the pair $(X, Y)$ has the {\bf L}${o,o}$ for compact operators if and only if so does $(X, \K)$ for linear functionals. This generalizes at once some results due to D. Sain and J. Talponen. Moreover, we present a complete characterization for when $(X \pten Y, \K)$ satisfies the {\bf L}${o,o}$ for linear functionals under strict convexity or Kadec-Klee property assumptions in one of the spaces. As a consequence, we generalize some results in the literature related to the strongly subdifferentiability of the projective tensor product and show that $(L_p(\mu) \times L_q(\nu); \K)$ cannot satisfy the {\bf L}${o,o}$ for bilinear forms.