• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
• /
• v.34 no.2
• /
• pp.259-271
• /
• 1997

Let K be a nonempty subset of a normed linear space X and let x $\in$ X. An element k$_0$ in K satisfying $\$\mid$$x - k$_0$$\$\mid$$ = d(x, K) := (equation omitted) $\$\mid$$x - k$\$\mid$$ is called a best approximation to x from K. For any x $\in$ X, the set of all best approximations to x from K is denoted by P$_K$(x) = {k $\in$ K : $\$\mid$$ x - k $\$\mid$$ = d(x, K)}. (omitted)