Some results on isometric composition operators on Lipschitz spaces

Abstract

Given two metric spaces $M$ and $N$ we study, motivated by a question of N. Weaver, conditions under which an isometric composition operator $C_\phi:\mathrm{Lip}_0(M)\longrightarrow \mathrm{Lip}_0(N)$ is isometric depending on the properties of $\phi$. We obtain a complete characterisation of those operators $C_\phi$ in terms of a property of the function $\phi$ in the case that $B_{\mathcal F(M)}$ is the closed convex hull of its preserved extreme points. Also, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for $C_\phi$ being isometric in the case that $M$ is geodesic.