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Debmalya Sain

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arXiv2015

Characterization of inner product spaces

We prove that the existence of best coapproximation to any element of the normed linear space out of any one dimensional subspace and its coincidence with the best approximation to that element out of that subspace characterizes a real inner product space of dimension $ > 2 $. We conjecture that a finite dimensional real smooth normed space of dimension $ >2 $ is an inner product space iff given any element on the unit sphere there exists a strongly orthonormal Hamel basis in the sense of Birkhoff-James containing that element. This is substantiated by our result on the spaces $(R^n,\|.\|_p).$

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arXiv2014

Strictly convex space : Strong orthogonality and Conjugate diameters

In a normed linear space X an element x is said to be orthogonal to another element y in the sense of Birkhoff-James, written as $ x \perp_{B}y, $ iff $ \| x \| \leq \| x + λy \| $ for all scalars $ λ.$ We prove that a normed linear space X is strictly convex iff for any two elements x, y of the unit sphere $ S_X$, $ x \perp_{B}y $ implies $ \| x + λy \| > 1~ \forall~ λ\neq 0. $ We apply this result to find a necessary and sufficient condition for a Hamel basis to be a strongly orthonormal Hamel basis in the sense of Birkhoff-James in a finite dimensional real strictly convex space X. Applying the result we give an estimation for lower bounds of $ \| tx+(1-t)y\|, t \in [0,1] $ and $ \| y + λx \|, ~\forall ~λ$ for all elements $ x,y \in S_X $ with $ x \perp_B y. $ We find a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of conjugate diameters through the points $ e_1,e_2 \in ~S_X $ in a real strictly convex space of dimension 2. The concept of generalized conjuagte diameters is then developed for a real strictly convex smooth space of finite dimension.

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arXiv2014

On rectangular constant in normed linear spaces

We study the properties of rectangular constant $ μ(\mathbb{X}) $ in a normed linear space $\mathbb{X}$. We prove that $ μ(\mathbb{X}) = 3$ iff the unit sphere contains a straight line segment of length 2. In fact, we prove that the rectangular modulus attains its upper bound iff the unit sphere contains a straight line segment of length 2. We prove that if the dimension of the space $\mathbb{X}$ is finite then $μ(\mathbb{X})$ is attained. We also prove that a normed linear space is an inner product space iff we have sup$\{\frac{1+|t|}{\|y+tx\|}$: $x,y \in S_{\mathbb{X}}$ with $x\bot_By\} \leq \sqrt{2}$ $\forall t$ satisfying $|t|\in (3-2\sqrt{2},\sqrt{2}+1)$.

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