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Metric space

In mathematics, a metric space is a set together with a notion of distance between its points. The distance is measured by a function called a metric or distance function. Metric spaces are a general setting for studying many of the concepts of mathematical analysis and geometry.

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Functions between metric spaces

Metric spaces with additional structure

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Metric space

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Triples199
Avg. degree1.99
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Metric space

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related to Metric measure spaces · 18
Metric space → Alexandrov, Borel, CAT, Certain, Euclidean, For, Formally, Hausdorff, In, Just, Lebesgue, One, RCD, Real, Ricci, Riemannian, Sierpiński, Therefore
related to Distances between mathematical objects · 13
Metric space → B-A, Functions, Graph, Here, If, In, The, The Helly, The Wasserstein, This, Wasserstein, When, Wiener
related to Miscellaneous examples · 12
Metric space → Foulds, French, Given, If, London, More, Paris, Phylogenetic, Phylogenetics, The, The British Rail, The Robinson
related to history · 11
Metric space → Any, Arthur Cayley, Cayley-Klein, Euclidean, Felix Hausdorff, Felix Klein, His, On Distance, René Maurice Fréchet, The, This
see also · 11
Metric space → Acoustic, Construct, Distance, Generalization, Mathematical, Metric, Real-valued, Tensor, Tree, Type, Vector
related to Riemannian manifolds · 10
Metric space → CAT, Finsler, For, In, On, One, Riemannian, The Riemannian, This, Thus CAT
related to Graphs and finite metric spaces · 9
Metric space → Although, Cayley, Embeddings, Euclidean, For, Hilbert, In, On, Up
related to Hausdorff and Gromov–Hausdorff distance · 8
Metric space → Furthermore, Gromov, Hausdorff, However, In, Incidentally, Suppose, The
related to Pseudoquasimetrics · 8
Metric space → For, From, If, One, Sets, Sierpiński, The, William Lawvere
related to The topology of a metric space · 8
Metric space → An, As, For, In, It, Sets, Therefore, This

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metric displaystyle space distance spaces function set points example one two mathbb defined every topological called topology finite continuous hausdorff

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Metric spaceis aset together with a notion of distance between its points0.90text
Metric spaceis aordered pair0.90text
Metric spaceis ametric space which admits a geodesic between any two of its points0.90text
groups or ringsinstance ofFunctions between metric spacesUnlike in the case of topological spaces or algebraic structures0.80text
there is no singleinstance ofFunctions between metric spacesUnlike in the case of topological spaces or algebraic structures0.80text
the Sierpiński gasket can be equipped with the α-dimensional Hausdorff measure where α is the Hausdorff dimensioninstance ofCertain fractal metric spaces0.80text
pseudosemimetrics or pseudometricsinstance ofSometimes it is used to refer to other generalizations of metrics0.80text
Metric spacerelated to Basic notionsProperties0.60section
Metric spacerelated to Basic notionsEvery0.60section
Metric spacerelated to Bounded and totally bounded spacesThe0.60section
Metric spacerelated to Bounded and totally bounded spacesEvery0.60section
Metric spacerelated to Bounded and totally bounded spacesTo0.60section

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