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The unit ball of c00(Γ)c_{00}(\Gamma)c00​(Γ) is plastic

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Plasticity.CUB35

by scanstone · Oct 14, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

For every set Γ\GammaΓ, every nonexpansive bijection of the closed unit ball of c00(Γ)c_{00}(\Gamma)c00​(Γ) (finitely supported real functions on Γ\GammaΓ, supremum norm) onto itself is an isometry.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_Plasticity_Basic
import Definitions.Def_Plasticity_SeqSpace
Formal statement
namespace Plasticity
theorem CUB35 (Γ : Type*) : HasPlasticUnitBall (c00 Γ) := by sorry
end Plasticity
Source
This repository: claim CUB35 (claims/cub.md, for Γ = ℕ) and expositions/c0_between_spaces.md, Corollary 4 (iii), for every Γ
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · claude-opus-5-5

The statement quantifies over every type Γ\GammaΓ, in an arbitrary universe and of any cardinality. Γ\GammaΓ may be empty, finite, countably infinite or uncountable. The proof body is a placeholder, so the file only asserts the statement and proves nothing. The objects involved are as follows.

  • ℓ∞(Γ)\ell_\infty(\Gamma)ℓ∞​(Γ). This is the set of functions x:Γ→Rx:\Gamma\to\mathbb{R}x:Γ→R for which {∣xi∣:i∈Γ}\{|x_i| : i\in\Gamma\}{∣xi​∣:i∈Γ} is bounded above. It has pointwise linear operations and the norm ∥x∥∞=sup⁡i∈Γ∣xi∣\|x\|_\infty=\sup_{i\in\Gamma}|x_i|∥x∥∞​=supi∈Γ​∣xi​∣, which is 000 when Γ\GammaΓ is empty.
  • c00(Γ)c_{00}(\Gamma)c00​(Γ). This is the real linear subspace of ℓ∞(Γ)\ell_\infty(\Gamma)ℓ∞​(Γ) consisting of the xxx whose support {i∈Γ:xi≠0}\{i\in\Gamma: x_i\neq 0\}{i∈Γ:xi​=0} is a finite set. Every finitely supported function is bounded, so c00(Γ)c_{00}(\Gamma)c00​(Γ) is exactly the set of all finitely supported functions Γ→R\Gamma\to\mathbb{R}Γ→R. It is treated as a real normed space in its own right, with the norm ∥⋅∥∞\|\cdot\|_\infty∥⋅∥∞​ restricted from ℓ∞(Γ)\ell_\infty(\Gamma)ℓ∞​(Γ).
  • The ball BBB. This is the closed unit ball of that normed space:
B={x∈c00(Γ): ∥x∥∞≤1}={x:Γ→[−1,1] finitely supported},d(x,y)=sup⁡i∈Γ∣xi−yi∣.B=\{x\in c_{00}(\Gamma):\ \|x\|_\infty\le 1\} =\{x:\Gamma\to[-1,1]\ \text{finitely supported}\}, \qquad d(x,y)=\sup_{i\in\Gamma}|x_i-y_i|.B={x∈c00​(Γ): ∥x∥∞​≤1}={x:Γ→[−1,1] finitely supported},d(x,y)=i∈Γsup​∣xi​−yi​∣.

Assertion. For every type Γ\GammaΓ and every map f:B→Bf:B\to Bf:B→B,

(∀x,y∈B: ∥f(x)−f(y)∥∞≤∥x−y∥∞) ∧ f is bijective ⟹ ∀x,y∈B: ∥f(x)−f(y)∥∞=∥x−y∥∞.\Big(\forall x,y\in B:\ \|f(x)-f(y)\|_\infty\le\|x-y\|_\infty\Big)\ \wedge\ f\text{ is bijective} \ \Longrightarrow\ \forall x,y\in B:\ \|f(x)-f(y)\|_\infty=\|x-y\|_\infty .(∀x,y∈B: ∥f(x)−f(y)∥∞​≤∥x−y∥∞​) ∧ f is bijective ⟹ ∀x,y∈B: ∥f(x)−f(y)∥∞​=∥x−y∥∞​.

Here fff is an arbitrary bijection of BBB onto itself. The statement assumes nothing about f−1f^{-1}f−1, does not require fff to be linear, and does not require f(0)=0f(0)=0f(0)=0. "Nonexpansive" means Lipschitz constant 111 with the non-strict inequality ≤\le≤.

Points to note:

  • Γ\GammaΓ empty. ℓ∞(Γ)=c00(Γ)={0}\ell_\infty(\Gamma)=c_{00}(\Gamma)=\{0\}ℓ∞​(Γ)=c00​(Γ)={0}, so BBB is a single point and the assertion is trivially true.
  • Γ\GammaΓ finite with nnn elements. c00(Γ)c_{00}(\Gamma)c00​(Γ) is all of RΓ\mathbb{R}^\GammaRΓ with the max norm, and BBB is the cube [−1,1]n[-1,1]^n[−1,1]n with the max metric. This is a compact metric space, a case covered by the classical fact that compact metric spaces are plastic. For finite Γ\GammaΓ this statement coincides with Thm_Plasticity_CUB36.
  • No completeness. For infinite Γ\GammaΓ the space c00(Γ)c_{00}(\Gamma)c00​(Γ) with the sup norm is not complete. The statement concerns the ball of this incomplete space itself, not the ball of its completion.
  • Unused imports. The imported definitions file also defines a set "ballIn", which is the same ball written as a subset of ℓ∞(Γ)\ell_\infty(\Gamma)ℓ∞​(Γ), and a property "RealizesSignPatterns". This statement uses neither. It takes the closed ball of the subspace regarded as a normed space, which carries the same sup metric.
  • Real scalars only. The space is over R\mathbb{R}R with the sup norm.
Human review
  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 14, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by scanstone · Oct 14, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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