Buckley, Stephen M., Wraith, David and McDougall, J. (2010) On Ptolemaic metric simplicial complexes. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 149 (1). pp. 93-104. ISSN 1469-8064
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Abstract
We show that under certain mild conditions, a metric simplicial complex which satisfies
the Ptolemy inequality is a CAT(0) space. Ptolemy’s inequality is closely related to inversions
of metric spaces. For a large class of metric simplicial complexes, we characterize
those which are isometric to Euclidean space in terms of metric inversions.
  
  | Item Type: | Article | 
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| Keywords: | Ptolemaic metric simplicial complexes; | 
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics | 
| Item ID: | 2420 | 
| Depositing User: | Prof. Stephen Buckley | 
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2011 11:13 | 
| Journal or Publication Title: | Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society | 
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | 
| Refereed: | Yes | 
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here | 
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