Linearization of holomorphic Lipschitz functions

Abstract: Let $X$ and $Y$ be complex Banach spaces with $B_X$ denoting the open unit ball of $X.$ This paper studies various aspects of the {\em holomorphic Lipschitz space} $\mathcal HL_0(B_X,Y)$, endowed with the Lipschitz norm. This space is the intersection of the spaces, $\operatorname{Lip}_0(B_X,Y)$ of Lipschitz mappings and $\mathcal H<sup>\infty(B_X,Y)$ of bounded holomorphic mappings, from $B_X$ to $Y$. Thanks to the Dixmier-Ng theorem, $\mathcal HL_0(B_X, \mathbb C)$ is indeed a dual space, whose predual $\mathcal G_0(B_X)$ shares linearization properties with both the Lipschitz-free space and Dineen-Mujica predual of $\mathcal H<sup>\infty(B_X)$. We explore the similarities and differences between these spaces, and combine techniques to study the properties of the space of holomorphic Lipschitz functions. In particular, we get that $\mathcal G_0(B_X)$ contains a 1-complemented subspace isometric to $X$ and that $\mathcal G_0(X)$ has the (metric) approximation property whenever $X$ has it. We also analyze when $\mathcal G_0(B_X)$ is a subspace of $\mathcal G_0(B_Y)$, and we obtain an analogous to Godefroy's characterization of functionals with a unique norm preserving extension to the holomorphic Lipschitz context.