Encyclopedia of Distances

• Main Authors: Deza, Elena (Author), Deza, Michel Marie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Visualization.; Geometry.; Differential geometry.; Topology.; Discrete mathematics.; Discrete Mathematics.; Differential Geometry.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

Distance metrics and distances have become an essential tool in many areas of pure and applied Mathematics, and this encyclopedia is the first one to treat the subject in full. The book appears just as research intensifies into metric spaces and especially, distance design for applications. These di...