A property of a circle in a two-dimensional Banach space (Q1897219)

Let \(X\) be the real Banach plane, \(S\) be its unit sphere. It can be assumed without loss of generality that \(X=\mathbb{R}^2\), where \(S\) is a centrally symmetric convex curve normalizing \(X\). We say that \(k\) points of this curve form a \(k\)-configuration if the pairwise distances between them in the sense of this norm are less than 1. The maximal \(k\) for which there exists in this space a \(k\)-configuration will be denoted by \(\kappa(X)\). This paper deals with the values that can be assumed by \(\kappa(X)\).