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Coverings by convex bodies and inscribed balls
Author(s):
Vladimir
Kadets
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
133
(2005),
1491-1495.
MSC (2000):
Primary 52A37;
Secondary 46C05
Posted:
November 1, 2004
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Abstract:
Let be a Hilbert space. For a closed convex body denote by the supremum of the radiuses of balls contained in . We prove that for every covering of a convex closed body by a sequence of convex closed bodies , . It looks like this fact is new even for triangles in a 2-dimensional space.
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Additional Information:
Vladimir
Kadets
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Kharkov National University, pl. Svobody 4, 61077 Kharkov, Ukraine
Address at time of publication:
Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
Email:
vova1kadets@yahoo.com
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07650-6
PII:
S 0002-9939(04)07650-6
Keywords:
Hilbert space,
convex sets,
inscribed ball
Received by editor(s):
November 6, 2003
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
January 7, 2004
Posted:
November 1, 2004
Additional Notes:
The author expresses thanks to the Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri-Columbia, and especially to Professor Nigel Kalton for hospitality and a fruitful working atmosphere
Communicated by:
N. Tomczak-Jaegermann
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2004,
American Mathematical Society
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