Strict convexity in M-spaces (Q1825465)
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Strict convexity in M-spaces (English)
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1989
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A metric space (X,d) is called an M-space if for every \(p,q\in X\) with \(d(p,q)=\lambda\), and every \(\alpha\in [0,\lambda]\), there is a unique \(r_{\alpha}\in X\) such that \(d(p,r_{\alpha})=\alpha\) and \(d(r_{\alpha},q)=\lambda -\alpha\). The authors prove that the strict convexity of an M-space (X,d) is equivalent to the fact that every proximinal convex subset of X is a Chebyshev set and, also, to a monotonicity property of d. These characterizations remain valid in any complete, convex metric space. Finally, the concept of local M-space is introduced and, for this structure, local versions of the above results are proved.
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monotonicity of the distance function
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M-space
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strict convexity
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proximinal convex subset
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Chebyshev set
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