The geometry of geodesics /

This volume is concerned with a geometric approach to qualitative problems in intrinsic differential geometry, with an emphasis on spaces in which the geodesics have only local uniqueness properties. Finsler spaces are the principal subject, both in terms of a type of space and of an approach. Some...

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Main Author: Busemann, Herbert, 1905-1994
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Academic Press, 1955.
Series:Pure and applied mathematics (Academic Press) ; 6.
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Summary:This volume is concerned with a geometric approach to qualitative problems in intrinsic differential geometry, with an emphasis on spaces in which the geodesics have only local uniqueness properties. Finsler spaces are the principal subject, both in terms of a type of space and of an approach. Some familiarity with non-Euclidean geometry and classical differential geometry is necessary to grasp the significance of the problems.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 422 pages) : illustrations, diagrams
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-412), notes on the text (pages 413-415) , and index.
ISBN:9780080873145
0080873146