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==Definitions==

The '''modulus of convexity''' of a Banach space (''X'', ||&nbspsdot;||) is the function {{nowrap|''δ'' : [0, 2] → [0, 1]}} defined by

:<math>\delta (\varepsilon) = \inf \left\{ 1 - \left\| \frac{x + y}{2} \right\| \,:\, x, y \in S, \| x - y \| \geq \varepsilon \right\},</math>

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| first = Mahlon

| title = Uniform convexity in factor and conjugate spaces

| journal = Ann.Annals Ofof Mathematics |series = Math. (2)

| volume = 45

| year = 1944

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| doi = 10.2307/1969275

| issue = 2

| publisher = Annals of Mathematics

| jstor = 1969275

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* The Banach space {{nowrap|(''X'', ǁ&thinsp;&sdot;&thinsp;ǁ)}} is a [[strictly convex space]] (i.e., the boundary of the unit ball ''B'' contains no line segments) if and only if ''δ''(2)&nbsp;=&nbsp;1, ''i.e.'', if only [[antipodal point]]s (of the form ''x'' and ''y''&nbsp;=&nbsp;&minus;''x'') of the unit sphere can have distance equal to&nbsp;2.

* When ''X'' is uniformly convex, it admits an equivalent norm with power type modulus of convexity.<ref>see {{citation

| last=Pisier |first=Gilles |authorlinkauthor-link=Gilles Pisier

| title= Martingales with values in uniformly convex spaces | journal=[[Israel J.Journal Math.of Mathematics]] | volume=20 | year=1975 | issue=3–4 | pages=326–350 | doi = 10.1007/BF02760337 | urldoi-access=http://www.springerlink.com/content/pwh1126545520581/ | mr=394135|s2cid=120947324 }}

.</ref> Namely, there exists {{nowrap|''q'' &ge; 2}} and a constant&nbsp;{{nowrap|''c'' &gt; 0}} such that

::<math>\delta(\varepsilon) \ge c \, \varepsilon^q, \quad \varepsilon \in [0, 2].</math>

==Modulus of convexity of the ''L''^''P'' spaces==

The modulus of convexity is known for the ''L''^''P'' spaces.<ref>{{citation

| last = Hanner

| first = Olof

| title = On the uniform convexity of <math>L^p</math> and <math>\ell^p</math>

| journal = Arkiv för Matematik

| volume = 3

| year = 1955

| pages = 239–244

| doi = 10.1007/BF02589410

| doi-access = free

}}</ref> If <math>1<p\le2</math>, then it satisfies the following implicit equation:

:<math>\left(1-\delta_p(\varepsilon)+\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)^p+\left(1-\delta_p(\varepsilon)-\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)^p=2.

</math>

Knowing that <math>\delta_p(\varepsilon+)=0,</math> one can suppose that <math>\delta_p(\varepsilon)=a_0\varepsilon+a_1\varepsilon^2+\cdots</math>. Substituting this into the above, and expanding the left-hand-side as a [[Taylor series]] around <math>\varepsilon=0</math>, one can calculate the <math>a_i</math> coefficients:

:<math>\delta_p(\varepsilon)=\frac{p-1}{8}\varepsilon^2+\frac{1}{384}(3-10p+9p^2-2p^3)\varepsilon^4+\cdots.

</math>

For <math>2<p<\infty</math>, one has the explicit expression

:<math>\delta_p(\varepsilon)=1-\left(1-\left(\frac{\varepsilon}{2}\right)^p\right)^{\frac1p}.

</math>

Therefore, <math>\delta_p(\varepsilon)=\frac{1}{p2^p}\varepsilon^p+\cdots</math>.

== See also ==

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==References==

* {{cite book|author=Beauzamy, Bernard|title=Introduction to Banach Spaces and their Geometry|year=1985 |origyearorig-year=1982|edition=Second revised|publisher=North-Holland|mr=889253|isbn=0-444-86416-4}}

*{{citation

| last = Clarkson

| first = James

| title = Uniformly convex spaces

| journal = Trans.Transactions Amer.of Math.the Soc.American Mathematical Society

| volume = 40

| year = 1936

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| publisher = American Mathematical Society

| jstor = 1989630

| doi-access = free

}}

* Fuster, Enrique Llorens. Some moduli and constants related to metric fixed point theory. ''Handbook of metric fixed point theory'', 133-175133–175, Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, 2001. {{MR|1904276}}

* [[Joram Lindenstrauss|Lindenstrauss, Joram]] and Benyamini, Yoav. ''Geometric nonlinear functional analysis'' Colloquium publications, 48. American Mathematical Society.

*{{citation

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* [[Vitali Milman|Vitali D. Milman]]. Geometric theory of Banach spaces II. Geometry of the unit sphere. ''Uspechi Mat. Nauk,'' vol. 26, no. 6, 73-14973–149, 1971; ''Russian Math. Surveys'', v. 26 6, 80-15980–159.

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