On Fermat-Torricelli Problem in Frechet Spaces

Abstract

We study the Fermat-Torricelli problem (FTP) for Frechet space X, where X is considered as an inverse limit of projective system of Banach spaces. The FTP is defined by using fixed countable collection of continuous seminorms that defines the topology of X as gauges. For a finite set A in X consisting of n distinct and fixed points, the set of minimizers for the sum of distances from the points in A to a variable point is considered. In particular, for the case of collinear points in X, we prove the existence of the set of minimizers for FTP in X and for the case of non collinear points, existence and uniqueness of the set of minimizers are shown for reflexive space X as a result of strict convexity of the space.