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Let E be a Banach space. Using the definition for the k-dimensional volume enclosed by k + 1 vectors due to Silverman [16], one can define the modulus of k-rotundity of E. In [22] it was shown that k-uniformly rotund Banach spaces are isomorphic to uniformly rotund spaces and, indeed, have some of the same isometric properties with respect to non-expansive and nearest-point maps. The present paper examines the modulus of k-rotundity more thoroughly. Included are a result on the asymptotic behavior of the moduli for l2; a generalization of Dixmier's Theorem on higher-duals of non-reflexive spaces; and an inequality relating the moduli of E**/E and those of E. The modulus of2-rotundity is shown to be equivalent to one of the moduli defined by V. D. Milman [13] and a necessary and sufficient condition for an lp-product of spaces to be 2-uniformly rotund is given.
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Some of the results of this paper are contained in the Ph. D. dissertation of the first author, written under the direction of the second author.
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Geremia, R., Sullivan, F. Multi-dimensional volumes and moduli of convexity in banach spaces. Annali di Matematica pura ed applicata 127, 231–251 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811725
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