Some inequalities for norms in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ and ${\mathbb{C}}^n$

Abstract

The main result of this paper is that for any norm on a complex or real $n$-dimensional linear space, every extremal basis satisfies inverted triangle inequality with scaling factor $2^n-1$. Furthermore, the constant $2^n-1$ is tight. We also prove that the norms of any two extremal bases are comparable with a factor of $2^n-1$, which, intuitively, means that any two extremal bases are quantitatively equivalent with the stated tolerance.