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Hyperbolicity, CAT(-1)-spaces and the Ptolemy Inequality

Metric Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Using a four points inequality for the boundary of CAT(-1)-spaces, we study the relation between Gromov hyperbolic spaces and CAT(-1)-spaces.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0605418,
  title  = {Hyperbolicity, CAT(-1)-spaces and the Ptolemy Inequality},
  author = {Thomas Foertsch and Viktor Schroeder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0605418},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

This updated version includes some further observations concerning the Ptolemy inequality. Some proofs have been improved and several typos have been corrected

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