METRIC SPACES OF NON-POSITIVE CURVATURE by Martin R. Bridson, Andre Haefliger ( 9783540643241 )

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METRIC SPACES OF NON-POSITIVE CURVATURE

By:

Martin R. Bridson, Andre Haefliger

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SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG

Pub. date:

15 October, 1999

Edition:

1st ed. 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 2009

Series:

Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften 319

Pages:

643

Description:

A description of the global properties of simply-connected spaces that are non-positively curved in the sense of A. Part I provides an introduction to the geometry of geodesic spaces, while Part II develops the basic theory of spaces with upper curvature bounds.

Synopsis:

A description of the global properties of simply-connected spaces that are non-positively curved in the sense of A. D. Alexandrov, and the structure of groups which act on such spaces by isometries. The theory of these objects is developed in a manner accessible to anyone familiar with the rudiments of topology and group theory: non-trivial theorems are proved by concatenating elementary geometric arguments, and many examples are given. Part I provides an introduction to the geometry of geodesic spaces, while Part II develops the basic theory of spaces with upper curvature bounds. More specialized topics, such as complexes of groups, are covered in Part III.

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XXI, 643 p.

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Germany

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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

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