A diversity δ\delta in MM is a function defined over every finite set of points of MM mapped onto [0,)[0,\infty), with the properties that δ(X)=0\delta(X)=0 if and only if X1|X|\leq 1 and δ(XY)δ(XZ)+δ(ZY)\delta(X\cup Y)\leq\delta(X\cup Z)+\delta(Z\cup Y), for every finite sets X,Y,ZMX,Y,Z\subset M with Z1|Z|\geq 1. Its importance relies in the fact that, amongst others, they generalize the notion of metric distance.
[1mm] We characterize when a diversity δ\delta defined over MM, M=3|M|=3, is Banach-embeddable, i.e. when there exist points pip_i, i=1,2,3i=1,2,3, and a symmetric, convex, and compact set CC such that δ({xi1,,xim})=R({pi1,,pim},C)\delta(\{x_{i_1},\dots,x_{i_m}\})=R(\{p_{i_1},\dots,p_{i_m}\},C), where R(X,C)R(X,C) denotes the circumradius of XX with respect to CC. Moreover, we also characterize when a diversity δ\delta is a Banach diversity, i.e. when δ(X)=R(X,C)\delta(X)=R(X,C), for every finite set XRnX\subset\mathbb R^n, where CC is an nn-dimensional, symmetric, convex, and compact set.

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Bernardo González Merino

Area de Matemática Aplicada, Dep. de Ingeniería y Tecnología de Computadores, Facultad de Informática, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

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B. González Merino. “On Diversities and Finite Dimensional Banach Spaces.” Journal of Convex Analysis 32 (2025), No. 4, 1227–1240.