Characterization of real inner product spaces by Hermite-Hadamard type orthogonalities (Q2320142)

One of the best known concepts in studies of the geometry of normed linear spaces is the notion of orthogonality. Extensive studies have investigated this concept and its connection with several geometric properties of normed linear spaces, such as strict convexity and smoothness. The authors provide some new characterizations of real inner product spaces, using the notion of (Carlsson's orthogonality) HH-C-orthogonality and its special cases, i.e., Hermite-Hadamard Pythagorean orthogonality (HH-P-) and Hermite-Hadamard Isosceles orthogonality (HH-I-orthogonalities) and by considering their relationships with Birkhoff-James orthogonality. Moreover, classes of linear mappings that preserve these types of orthogonalities are considered. In particular, they show that every linear mapping that preserves HH-I-orthogonality is necessarily a scalar multiple of a linear isometry. Finally, some other characterizations of real inner product spaces in terms of HH-P- and HH-I-orthogonality preserving mappings are highlighted.