A characterization of Hilbert space
Author:
Ronald E. Bruck
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (1974), 173-175
MSC:
Primary 46C05
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0341038-7
MathSciNet review:
0341038
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Abstract: A real Banach space 
of dimension 
is an inner product space iff there exists a bounded smooth convex subset of 
which is the range of a nonexpansive retraction.
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0341038-7
Keywords:
Nonexpansive retract
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