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Linear extension operators on products of compact spaces

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Abstract Let X and Y be the Alexandroff compactifications of the locally compact spaces X and Y , respectively. Denote by Σ( X × Y ) the space of all linear extension operators from C(( X × Y )⧹(X×Y)) to C(( X × Y )) . We prove that X and Y are σ -compact spaces if and only if there exists a T∈Σ( X × Y ) with ‖ T ‖ Γ∈Σ( X × Y ) with ‖ Γ ‖=1. Assuming the existence of a T∈Σ( X × Y ) with ‖ T ‖ X and Y is equivalent to the fact that ‖ Γ ‖⩾2 for every Γ∈Σ( X × Y ) .