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We consider the class of δ-suns which is used in the study of Chebyshev sets. We give sufficient conditions for a set to be a δ-sun. We prove that, in a uniformly smooth Banach space, a weakly closed Chebyshev set is convex.
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Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 135–144, February, 1972.
The author expresses his thanks to V. I. Berdyshev and N. I. Chernykh for a lively discussion of this note.
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Vlasov, L.P. Some theorems on Chebyshev sets. Mathematical Notes of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 11, 87–92 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01097922
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