@misc{10498/31483, year = {2023}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31483}, abstract = {The index of strong rotundity is introduced. This index is used to determine how far an element of the unit sphere of a real Banach space is from being a strongly exposed point of the unit ball. This index is computed for Hilbert spaces. Characterizations of the set of rotund points and the set of smooth points are provided for a better understanding of the construction of the index of strong rotundity. Finally, applications to the stereographic projection are provided}, publisher = {AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS}, keywords = {exposed point}, keywords = {rotund point}, keywords = {smooth point}, keywords = {Banach space}, keywords = {Hilbert space}, title = {The index of strong rotundity}, doi = {10.3934/MATH.20231043}, author = {GarcĂ­a Pacheco, Francisco Javier}, }