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The sign-sequence constant of the plane

Metric Geometry 2016-10-13 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let LL be a finite-dimensional real normed space, and let BB be the unit ball in LL. The sign sequence constant of LL is the least t>0t>0 such that, for each sequence v1,,vnBv_1, \ldots, v_n \in B, there are signs ε1,,εn{1,+1}\varepsilon_1, \ldots, \varepsilon_n \in \{-1, +1\} such that ε1v1++εkvktB\varepsilon_1 v_1 + \ldots + \varepsilon_k v_k \in t B, for each 1kn1 \leq k \leq n. We show that the sign sequence constant of a plane is at most 22, and the sign sequence constant of the plane with the Euclidean norm is equal to 3\sqrt{3}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1510.04536,
  title  = {The sign-sequence constant of the plane},
  author = {Ben Lund and Alexander Magazinov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.04536},
  year   = {2016}
}

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7 pages

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