Encyclopedia of Distances

• Main Authors: Deza, Michel Marie (Author), Deza, Elena (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Visualization.; Geometry.; Differential geometry.; Topology.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Differential Geometry.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

This updated and revised second edition of the leading reference volume on distance metrics includes a wealth of new material that reflects advances in a field now regarded as an essential tool in many areas of pure and applied mathematics.   The publication of this volume coincides with intensifyin...