Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Unit ball
In mathematics, the open unit ball in a normed vector space V for a given norm
is
.
The closed unit ball on V under
is
.
The 'shape' of the unit ball is entirely dependent on the chosen norm; it may well have 'corners', and for example may look like [−1,1]n, in the case of the norm l∞ in Rn. The round ball is understood as the usual Hilbert space norm, based in the finite dimensional case on the Euclidean distance; its boundary is what is usually meant by the unit sphere.
See also:
10-26-2009 08:16:03
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details


