and Applied Analysis 3 Remark 1.1. If E is a reflexive strictly convex and smooth Banach space, then for x, y ∈ E, φ x, y 0 if and only if x y. It is sufficient to show that if φ x, y 0 then x y. From 1.6 , we have ‖x‖ ‖y‖. This implies 〈x, Jy〉 ‖x‖2 ‖Jy‖2. From the definitions of j, we have Jx Jy, that is, x y, see 8, 9 for more details. Let C be a nonempty closed convex subset of a smooth Bana...