A characterization of inner product spaces

Author: Daviti Adamadze
Keywords: the point of optimal location, A characterization of inner product spaces
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We consider a real function which depends on the distances between a variable point and the points of a finite subset A of a linear normed space X. We show that X is an inner product space if this function attains its local minimum on a barycenter of points of A with well- chosen weights. Our result generalizes classical results about characterization of inner product spaces and answers a question of R. Durier, which was posed in his article