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Main Authors: Babev, V. D., Ivanov, M., Nikolov, R.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17191
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author Babev, V. D.
Ivanov, M.
Nikolov, R.
author_facet Babev, V. D.
Ivanov, M.
Nikolov, R.
contents We provide a new proof of Ader's characterisation of the ellipse of minimal Banach-Mazur distance to the unit circle of a normed plane in terms of contact and extremal points. Our method reveals the relation of this problem to the Chebyshev alternance.
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spellingShingle On the Banach-Mazur Ellipse
Babev, V. D.
Ivanov, M.
Nikolov, R.
Functional Analysis
46B20, 52A10, 41A50
We provide a new proof of Ader's characterisation of the ellipse of minimal Banach-Mazur distance to the unit circle of a normed plane in terms of contact and extremal points. Our method reveals the relation of this problem to the Chebyshev alternance.
title On the Banach-Mazur Ellipse
topic Functional Analysis
46B20, 52A10, 41A50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17191