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Note on Bessaga-Klee classification

Functional Analysis 2015-06-01 v2

Abstract

We collect several variants of the proof of the third case of the Bessaga-Klee relative classification of closed convex bodies in topological vector spaces. We were motivated by the fact that we have not found anywhere in the literature a complete correct proof. In particular, we point out an error in the proof given in the book of C.~Bessaga and A.~Pe\l czy\'nski (1975). We further provide a simplified version of T.~Dobrowolski's proof of the smooth classification of smooth convex bodies in Banach spaces which works simultaneously in the topological case.

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@article{arxiv.1307.8246,
  title  = {Note on Bessaga-Klee classification},
  author = {Marek Cúth and Ondřej F. K. Kalenda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.8246},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

14 pages; we made few corrections, added one reference and precised the abstract

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