Abstract:
The Borsuk number of a bounded set F is the smallest natural number k such that F can be represented as a union of k sets, the diameter of each of which is less than diamF. In this paper we solve the problem of finding the Borsuk number of any bounded set in an arbitrary two-dimensional normed space (the solution is given in terms of the enlargement of a set to a figure of constant width). We indicate spaces for which the solution of Borsuk's problem has the same form as in the Euclidean plane.