Is it possible to define a norm ||•|| on R^2 such that (1,0),(0,1) have norm 1 and ||(1,1)||<1?

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Is it possible to define a norm ||•|| on R^2 such that (1,0),(0,1) have norm 1 and ||(1,1)||<1? I don’t come up with any idea. I don’t know this assertion is correct or not.

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Take $\|(x,y)\|=\frac 3 4 |x-y|+\frac 1 4 |x+y|$.

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$\|(x,y)\|=\sqrt{x^2-(7/4)xy+y^2}$ should do.