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Let X be a Banach space with a separable dual X*. Let \({Y\subset X}\) be a closed subspace, and \({f:Y\rightarrow\mathbb{R}}\) a C 1-smooth function. Then we show there is a C 1 extension of f to X.
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R. Fry was partly supported by NSERC (Canada).
An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00208-010-0576-5
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Azagra, D., Fry, R. & Keener, L. Smooth extensions of functions on separable Banach spaces. Math. Ann. 347, 285–297 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-009-0441-6
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