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arxiv: 1707.09171 · v1 · pith:S3OUTCWSnew · submitted 2017-07-28 · 🧮 math.FA

Inscribed Polygons that Characterize Inner Product Spaces

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Let $X$ be a real normed space with unit sphere S. We prove that $X$ is an inner product space if and only if there exists a real number $\rho=\sqrt{(1+\cos\frac{2k\pi}{2m+1})/2}$, $(k=1,2,\ldots , m ;\:m=1,2,\ldots)$, such that every chord of $S$ that supports $\rho S$ touches $\rho S$ at its middle point. If this condition holds, then every point $u\in S$ is a vertex of a regular polygon that is inscribed in $S$ and circumscribed about $\rho S$.

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