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Metric Spaces, Convexity and Nonpositive Curvature

Book information

Publisher
European Mathematical Society
Year
2013
ISBN
3037191325, 9783037191323
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2051725 bytes)
Series
IRMA Lectures in Mathematics & Theoretical Physics
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Pages
321\321
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-02-21 15:44:05

Description

This book is about metric spaces of nonpositive curvature in the sense of Busemann, that is, metric spaces whose distance function satisfies a convexity condition. It also contains a systematic introduction to metric geometry, as well as a detailed presentation of some facets of convexity theory that are useful in the study of nonpositive curvature.The concepts and the techniques are illustrated by many examples, in particular from hyperbolic geometry, Hilbert geometry and Teichmüller theory.For the second edition, some corrections and a few additions have been made, and the bibliography has been updated.

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