Inscribed Polygons that Characterize Inner Product Spaces
Functional Analysis
2017-07-31 v1
Abstract
Let be a real normed space with unit sphere S. We prove that is an inner product space if and only if there exists a real number , , such that every chord of that supports touches at its middle point. If this condition holds, then every point is a vertex of a regular polygon that is inscribed in and circumscribed about .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1707.09171,
title = {Inscribed Polygons that Characterize Inner Product Spaces},
author = {Carlos Benítez and Pedro Martín and Diego Yáñez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09171},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
12 pages, 2 figures