A linear map T between two
Banach spaces A and B is called 𝜖-isometry if (1 − 𝜖)∥f∥≤∥Tf∥≤ (1 + 𝜖)∥f∥, for
any f ∈ A. In the paper we investigate injective and surjective 𝜖-isometries between
Banach spaces of continuous E-valued functions.
We prove that, under some geometrical assumptions on the Banach space E, any
such 𝜖-isometry is induced by a continuous function between the corresponding
compact Hausdorff spaces. We discuss also the question whether such an 𝜖-isometry
has to be just a small perturbation of an isometry.