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A norm $p$ is nonnegative with $p(x)=0$ exactly when $x=0$, satisfies $p(ax)=|a|p(x)$, and obeys $p(x+y)\le p(x)+p(y)$. The Euclidean norm has positivity and absolute homogeneity immediately. For the triangle inequality, positivity of $\Vert x-ty{\Vert }_2^2$ for all real $t$ gives the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality $|x\cdot y|\le \Vert x{\Vert }_2\Vert y{\Vert }_2$ (with $y=0$ immediate). Hencewhich proves the triangle inequality after taking square roots.

For the prescribed set, use the Minkowski functionalSince $U$ is open and contains zero, some Euclidean ball of radius $r>0$ lies inside it. Since it is bounded, it lies inside a ball of radius $R$. These inclusions imply $\Vert x{\Vert }_2/R\le p_U(x)\le \Vert x{\Vert }_2/r$, so the functional is finite and positive for nonzero $x$; it is zero at zero. Symmetry gives $p_U(-x)=p_U(x)$, and substitution in the infimum gives $p_U(ax)=a{p}_U(x)$ for $a>0$, hence absolute homogeneity for all real scalars.

Convexity and $0\in U$ imply $sU\subseteq U$ for $0\le s\le 1$. Consequently, for $a>p_U(x)$ and $b>p_U(y)$, one has $x/a,y/b\in U$. Convexity then givesso $p_U(x+y)\le a+b$. Letting $a\downarrow p_U(x)$ and $b\downarrow p_U(y)$ proves the triangle inequality.

Finally, if $p_U(x)<1$, there is a $t<1$ with $x\in tU\subseteq U$. Conversely, if $x\in U$ and $x\ne 0$, openness permits $(1+\delta )x\in U$ for some $\delta >0$, so $p_U(x)\le 1/(1+\delta )<1$; zero is immediate. Thus $\boxed{U=\{x:p_U(x)<1\}}$, completing the norm from a bounded symmetric convex neighbourhood construction.