Abstract:
The Borsuk number of a bounded set FF is the smallest natural number kk such that FF can be represented as a union of kk sets, the diameter of each of which is less than diamFdiamF. 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.