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==Properties==

* The modulus of convexity, ''δ''(''ε''), is a [[monotonic function|non-decreasing]] function of ''ε''. TheGoebel claims the modulus of convexity is itself convex, while Lendenstrauss and Tzafriri claim that the modulus of convexity need not itself be a [[convex function]] of ''ε''.<ref>p. 67 in Lindenstrauss, Joram; Tzafriri, Lior Classical Banach spaces. II. Function spaces. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete [Results in Mathematics and Related Areas], 97. ''Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York,'' 1979. x+243 pp.</ref>

* (''X'',&nbsp;||&nbsp;||) is a [[uniformly convex space]] [[if and only if]] its characteristic of convexity ''ε''₀&nbsp;=&nbsp;0.

* (''X'',&nbsp;||&nbsp;||) 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.