The Fermat-Torricelli problem in normed planes and spaces
Optimization and Control
2007-07-18 v2 Metric Geometry
Abstract
We investigate the Fermat-Torricelli problem in d-dimensional real normed spaces or Minkowski spaces, mainly for d=2. Our approach is to study the Fermat-Torricelli locus in a geometric way. We present many new results, as well as give an exposition of known results that are scattered in various sources, with proofs for some of them. Together, these results can be considered to be a minitheory of the Fermat-Torricelli problem in Minkowski spaces and especially in Minkowski planes. This demonstrates that substantial results about locational problems valid for all norms can be found using a geometric approach.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0707.2592,
title = {The Fermat-Torricelli problem in normed planes and spaces},
author = {Horst Martini and Konrad J Swanepoel and Gunter Weiss},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.2592},
year = {2007}
}