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A note on the modulus of convexity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

Andrew T. Plant
Andrew T. Plant
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Department of Mathematics, University Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8Qw
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In [1, Corollary 5], Figiel gives an elegant demonstration that the modulus ofconvexity δ in real Banach space X is nondecreasing, where

It is deduced from this that in fact δ(ɛ)/ɛ is nondecreasing [Proposition 3]. During the course of the proof [Lemma 4] it is stated that if v ∊ Sx is a local maximum on Sx of φ ∈Sx*, then v is a global maximum (φ(v) = 1). This is false; it could be that v is a global minimum. It is easy to construct such an example in R2 endowed with the maximum norm. What is true is that v is a global maximum of |φ|.

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Research Article
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Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , July 1981 , pp. 157 - 158
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1981

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REFERENCE

1.Figiel, T., On the moduli of convexity and smoothness, Studia Math.. 56 (1976), 121–155.CrossRefGoogle Scholar