An alternative proof of Petty's theorem on equilateral sets

DOI10.4064/AP109-2-5MaRDI QIDQ2845485zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tomasz Kobos

Publication date 30 August 2013

Published in Annales Polonici Mathematici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6285

zbMATH Keywords

normconvex bodysphereequidistant pointsequilateral setequilateral dimensiontouching translates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry and structure of normed linear spaces (46B20) Embeddings of discrete metric spaces into Banach spaces; applications in topology and computer science (46B85) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) Convex sets in (3) dimensions (including convex surfaces) (52A15)

Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to provide an alternative proof of the following theorem of Petty: in the normed space of dimension at least three, every 3-element equilateral set can be extended to a 4-element equilateral set. Our approach is based on the result of Kramer and N'emeth about inscribing a simplex into a convex body. To prove the theorem of Petty, we shall also establish that for every 3 points in the normed plane, forming an equilateral set of the common distance $p$, there exists a fourth point, which is equidistant to the given points with the distance not larger than $p$. We will also improve the example given by Petty and obtain the existence of a smooth and strictly convex norm in $mathbb{R}^n$, which contain a maximal 4-element equilateral set. This shows that the theorem of Petty cannot be generalized to higher dimensions, even for smooth and strictly convex norms.

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