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Criteria for convexity in Banach spaces

Author(s): Vassilis Kanellopoulos
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 (2000), 2725-2733.
MSC (2000): Primary 52A07, 46B20; Secondary 46B22
Posted: February 28, 2000
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Abstract:

In this paper two convexity criteria are proven. The first one characterizes compact convex sets in a locally convex space and extends a previous result by G. Aumann, while the second one characterizes closed bounded convex sets with the Radon-Nikodým property in a Banach space.


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Vassilis Kanellopoulos
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 15784, Athens, Greece
Email: bkanel@math.uoa.gr

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05300-4
PII: S 0002-9939(00)05300-4
Keywords: Convex set, locally convex space, Banach space, extreme point, slice, contractible set, Radon-Nikod\'{y}m property
Received by editor(s): October 6, 1997
Received by editor(s) in revised form: October 6, 1998
Posted: February 28, 2000
Additional Notes: This research was financially supported by I.K.Y. (National Foundation for Scholarships)
Communicated by: Dale E. Alspach
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society


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