Extension of vector-valued functions and weak–strong principles for differentiable functions of finite order

In this paper we study the problem of extending functions with values in a locally convex Hausdorff space E over a field $$\mathbb {K}$$ K , which has weak extensions in a weighted Banach space $${\mathcal {F}}\nu (\Omega ,\mathbb {K})$$ F ν ( Ω , K ) of scalar-valued functions on a set $$\Omega$$ Ω , to functions in a vector-valued counterpart $$\mathcal {F}\nu (\Omega ,E)$$ F ν ( Ω , E ) of $${\mathcal {F}}\nu (\Omega ,\mathbb {K})$$ F ν ( Ω , K ) . Our findings rely on a description of vector-valued functions as continuous linear operators and extend results of Frerick, Jordá and Wengenroth. As an application we derive weak-strong principles for continuously partially differentiable functions of finite order and vector-valued versions of Blaschke’s convergence theorem for several spaces.