We show that any convex Jordan curve in a normed plane admits an inscribed Minkowskian square. In addition we prove that no two different Minkowskian rhombi with the same direction of one diagonal can be inscribed in the same strictly convex Jordan curve.

We introduce the notion of the modulus of dentability defined for any point of the unit sphere S(X) of a Banach space X. We calculate effectively this modulus for denting points of the unit ball of the classical interpolation space $L¹+L^{\infty }.$ Moreover, a criterion for denting points of the unit ball in this space is given. We also show that none of denting points of the unit ball of $L¹+L^{\infty }$ is a LUR-point. Consequently, the set of LUR-points of the unit ball of $L¹+L^{\infty }$ is empty.

The criteria for uniform monotonicity, locally uniformly monotonicity and monotonicity of of Orlicz spaces with Luxemburg and Orlicz norms are given. The monotone coefficients of a point and of the spaces are computed.

A classification of weakly compact multiplication operators on $L\left(L_p\right),$1<p<$,isgiven.ThisanswersaquestionraisedbySaksmanandTylliin1992.Theclassificationinvolvestheconceptof$p$-strictlysingularoperators,andwealsoinvestigatethestructureofgeneral$p$-strictlysingularoperatorson$Lp$.Themainresultisthatifanoperator$T$on$Lp$,$1<p<2$,is$p$-strictlysingularand$T|X$isanisomorphismforsomesubspace$X$of$Lp$,then$X$embedsinto$Lr$forall$r<2$,but$X$neednotbeisomorphictoaHilbertspace.$It is also shown that if $T$ is convolution by a biased coin on $L_p$ of the Cantor group, $1\le p<2$, and $T_{|X}$ is an isomorphism for some reflexive subspace $X$ of $L_p$, then $X$ is isomorphic to a Hilbert space. The case $p=1$ answers a question asked by Rosenthal in 1976.