Let X be a compact
Hausdorff space and let C(X) denote the space of continuous real valued
functions defined on X, normed by the supremum norm ∥f∥ =maxx∈X|f(x)|.
Let M be a finite dimensional subspace of C(X). This note examines the
problem of whether every best (unique best, strongly unique best) approximate
to f on X is also a best respectively: unique best, strongly unique best)
approximate to f on some finite subset of X. Appropriate converse results are also
considered.