A characteristic property of Euclidean spaces

A Characterization of Euclidean Spaces

The purpose of this paper is to give an elementary proof of the fact that a Banach space in which there exist projection transformations of norm one on every two-dimensional linear subspace is a euclidean space. S. Kakutani [ l ] has pointed out that a modification of a proof due to Blaschke [2] will prove this theorem. F. Bohnenblust has been able to establish this theorem for the complex case...

A characteristic property of spherical caps

It is proved that given H ≥ 0 and an embedded compact orientable constant mean curvature H surface M included in the half space z ≥ 0, not everywhere tangent to z = 0 along its boundary ∂M = γ ⊂ {z = 0}, the inequality H ≤ (min κ) ( min √ 1 − (κg/κ) ) is satisfied, where κ and κg are the geodesic curvatures of γ on z = 0 and on the surface M , respectively, if and only if M is a spherical cap o...

A new characteristic property of rich words

Originally introduced and studied by the third and fourth authors together with J. Justin and S. Widmer (2008), rich words constitute a new class of finite and infinite words characterized by containing the maximal number of distinct palindromes. Several characterizations of rich words have already been established. A particularly nice characteristic property is that all ‘complete returns’ to p...

A Characterization of Locally Euclidean Spaces

Spatial Analysis in curved spaces with Non-Euclidean Geometry

The ultimate goal of spatial information, both as part of technology and as science, is to answer questions and issues related to space, place, and location. Therefore, geometry is widely used for description, storage, and analysis. Undoubtedly, one of the most essential features of spatial information is geometric features, and one of the most obvious types of analysis is the geometric type an...