Normal structure and the arc length in Banach spaces (Q5944183)

The author studies the relationship between normal structure and arc length in a Banach space. If \(X_2\) is a two-dimensional normed space, denote by \(\ell(S(X_2))\) the circumference of the sphere \(S(X_2)\) of \(X_2\) and \(r(X_2)= \sup\{2(\|x+ y\|-\|x-y\|):x,y\in S(X_2)\}\) the least upper bound of the perimeters of the inscribed parallelograms of \(S(X_2)\). Introduce for a Banach space \(X\) the geometric parameter NEWLINE\[NEWLINER(X)= \inf\{\ell(S(X_2))- r(X_2): X_2\subseteq X\}.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE The main result of the paper states that \(R(X)> 0\) implies that \(X\) has the uniform normal structure.