On mappings preserving equilateral triangles in normed spaces
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On mappings preserving equilateral triangles in normed spaces
zbMATH Open document ID: 1112.46023
author: Justyna Sikorska
author: Tomasz Szostok
published in: Journal of Geometry
publication date: 2007-01-24T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(\left(X, \| \cdot \| \right)\) and \(\left(Y, \| \cdot \| \right)\) be normed linear spaces with dimensions \(\geq 2\) and let \(f : X \longrightarrow Y\). We say that \(f\) preserves equilateral triangles if the condition \(\| x-y\| =\| y-z\| =\| z-x\| \) implies that \(\| f(x) - f(y)\| =\| f(y) - f(z) \| =\| f(z) - f(x)\| \), that \(f\) preserves isosceles triangles if the condition \(\| x-y\| =\| x-z\| \) implies that \(\| f(x) - f(y)\| =\| f(x) - f(z) \| \), and that \(f\) is a similarity if there exists \(k > 0\) such that \(\| f(x) - f(y)\| = k \| x - y \| \) for all \(x\) and \(y\). If one denotes these properties of \(f\) by (E), (I) and (S), respectively, then it is obvious that (S) \(\Longrightarrow\) (I) \(\Longrightarrow\) (E). The paper under review addresses the question whether the reverse implications hold, i.e., the question whether preserving a certain shape would imply preserving all shapes. This puts the paper in the category of the classical Beckman--Quarles theorem (with an elementary proof by \textit{W.\,Benz} in [Elem.\ Math.\ 42, 4--9 (1987; Zbl 0701.51013)]) and \textit{J.\,A.\,Lester}'s generalization in [J.~Geom.\ 27, 29--35 (1986; Zbl 0595.51021)], where the questions of whether preserving certain distances (respectively, areas, perimeters) would imply preserving all distances (respectively, areas, perimeters) are addressed. The paper under review proves that (i) if dim(\(X\)) \(\geq\) 3, then (E) \(\Longrightarrow\) (I), (ii) if dim(\(X\)), dim(\(Y\)) \(\geq\) 3, and if \(f\) is surjective, then (E) \(\Longrightarrow\) (S), and (iii) if \(X = Y\) is Euclidean with dim(\(X\)) = 2, and if \(f\) is non-constant and measurable, then (E) \(\Longrightarrow\) (S). The results above strengthen results proved earlier by the same authors in [J.~Geom.\ 80, 209--218 (2004; Zbl 1053.51012)], where they have treated the case when \(X = Y\) is Euclidean.
reviewed by: Mowaffaq Hajja
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46B99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51M04
zbMATH DE Number: 5118002
zbMATH Keywords: isometry
zbMATH Keywords: similarity transformation
zbMATH Keywords: Jensen functional equation
zbMATH Keywords: Beckman-Quarles theorem
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00022-006-0047-z
OpenAlex ID: W1965346785
DOI: 10.1007/S00022-006-0047-Z
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