On the intrinsic and the spatial numerical range

For a bounded function f from the unit sphere of a closed subspace X of a Banach space Y, we study when the closed convex hull of its spatial numerical range W(f ) is equal to its intrinsic numerical range V (f). We show that for every infinite-dimensional Banach space X there is a superspace Y and a bounded linear operator T :X →Y such that coW(T ) = V (T ). We also show that, up to renormig, for every non-reflexive Banach space Y , one can find a closed subspace X and a bounded linear operator T ∈ L(X,Y ) such that coW(T ) = V (T ). Finally, we introduce a sufficient condition for the closed convex hull of the spatial numerical range to be equal to the intrinsic numerical range, which we call the Bishop–Phelps–Bollobás property, and which is weaker than the uniform smoothness and the finite-dimensionality. We characterize strong subdifferentiability and uniform smoothness in terms of this property. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.