On certain characterizations of inner product spaces (Q2839847)

There are many characterizations of inner product spaces which are based on norm inequalities and various notions of orthogonality in normed spaces. The author shows that a normed linear space \(X\) is an inner product space if and only if, for each \(x, y \in X\) with \(\|x\| = \|y\| = 1\), there exists a real number \(c > 1\) such that \(\|cx + y\| = \|x + cy\|\) holds, or equivalently, there exists a real number \(t \in (0, 1/2)\) such that \(\|(1 - t)x + ty\| = \|tx + (1 - t)y\|\) holds; see [\textit{M. S. Moslehian} and \textit{J. M. Rassias}, Kochi J. Math. 6, 101--107 (2011; Zbl 1237.46008)].