We give a counterexample to a recent statement in the metric approximation theory and provide a setting where the statement holds.

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Antonio J. Guirao

Instituto de Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica, C/Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain

anguisa2@mat.upv.es

Vicente Montesinos

Instituto de Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica, C/Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain

vmontesinos@mat.upv.es

A. J. Guirao, V. Montesinos. “A Note in Approximative Compactness and Continuity of Metric Projections in Banach Spaces.” Journal of Convex Analysis 18 (2011), No. 2, 397–401.