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Lines and Planes in a Metrical Space
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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§ 1. “Stretches” joining Points in a Metrical Space.
If x, y, z are any points in a metrical space, then by definition
Regarding x and y as fixed, we may define the set of points z for which
as the “stretch joining the points xy” or more shortly the stretch xy*. Then for points z not on the stretch,
The stretch xy always contains the points x and y themselves, which we may call the “end-points” of the stretch. In particular cases, it may contain no other points: e.g. with the function δ0(x, y) = 1 when xǂy, each stretch contains only its end-points †.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , April 1927 , pp. 653 - 674
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- Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1927
References
* See Menger, , “Ueber geodätische Linien in allgemeinen metrischen Ränmen,” Amsterdam Proceedings, Vol. xxix (1926), p. 166.Google Scholar
† If each stretch contains at least one" point in addition to its end-points, the space is said to be “convex.” See Menger, op. cit.