On Whitney-type extension theorems for $C^{1,+}$, $C^2$, $C^{2,+}$, and $C^3$-smooth mappings between Banach spaces

In 1973 J. C. Wells showed that a variant of the Whitney extension theorem holds for $C^{1,1}$-smooth real-valued functions on Hilbert spaces. In 2021 D. Azagra and C. Mudarra generalised this result to $C^{1,ω}$-smooth functions on certain super-reflexive spaces. We show that while the vector-valued version of these results do hold in some rare cases (when the target space is an injective Banach space, e.g. $\ell_\infty$), it does not hold for mappings from infinite-dimensional spaces into "somewhat euclidean" spaces (e.g. infinite-dimensional spaces of a non-trivial type), and neither does the $C^2$-smooth variant. Further, we prove negative results concerning the real-valued $C^{2,+}$, $C^{2,ω}$, and $C^3$-smooth versions generalising older results of J. C. Wells.

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2025-07-12
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On Whitney-type extension theorems for $C^{1,+}$, $C^2$, $C^{2,+}$, and $C^3$-smooth mappings between Banach spaces

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On Whitney-type extension theorems for $C^{1,+}$, $C^2$, $C^{2,+}$, and $C^3$-smooth mappings between Banach spaces

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In 1973 J. C. Wells showed that a variant of the Whitney extension theorem holds for $C^{1,1}$-smooth real-valued functions on Hilbert spaces. In 2021 D. Azagra and C. Mudarra generalised this result to $C^{1,ω}$-smooth functions on certain super-reflexive spaces. We show that while the vector-valued version of these results do hold in some rare cases (when the target space is an injective Banach space, e.g. $\ell_\infty$), it does not hold for mappings from infinite-dimensional spaces into "somewhat euclidean" spaces (e.g. infinite-dimensional spaces of a non-trivial type), and neither does the $C^2$-smooth variant. Further, we prove negative results concerning the real-valued $C^{2,+}$, $C^{2,ω}$, and $C^3$-smooth versions generalising older results of J. C. Wells.

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