Identifies the centers of two lenses without prescribing images of
their foci.
Statement
Let
be real normed spaces,
,,
and
.
Put
,
and define the target lens in
similarly. Suppose
and
.
Every bijective isometry
satisfies
Assumptions
The two real normed spaces, both half-distance inequalities, and the
bijective isometry between the lenses are given. The radius is common to
both lenses. The foci need not themselves belong to the lenses, and no
equation for their images is assumed.
Conclusion
The midpoint of the source foci is sent to the midpoint of the target
foci.
Proof route
Verify membership, boundedness and reflection invariance for these
exact sets, and then apply center transport.
Proof steps
For
,
one has
.
Hence
by Midpoint
membership. The same calculation places
in the target lens.
The source lens is contained in
and is therefore bounded. For
in that lens, reflection about
is
,
and
This verifies Reflection
invariance of a lens for the source; the identical identities with
primes verify the target condition.
Apply Center
transport to
,,
centers
and this same
.
Step 1 supplies center membership and Step 2 supplies boundedness and
both invariances. Its output
is exactly the asserted equation.