Metric inequalities and convexity
Author:
Dorothy Wolfe
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 40 (1973), 559-562
MSC:
Primary 52A05
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1973-0319045-9
MathSciNet review:
0319045
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Abstract: Conditions that a given point of a normed linear space is (or is not) a convex combination of 
fixed points are given in terms of the metric. The point is said to be metrically dependent if the conditions hold.
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1973-0319045-9
Keywords:
Normed linear space,
metric space,
convex combinations,
extreme points
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© Copyright 1973
American Mathematical Society
