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On Ptolemaic metric simplicial complexes

Metric Geometry 2015-05-13 v1

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.

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@article{arxiv.0906.1916,
  title  = {On Ptolemaic metric simplicial complexes},
  author = {S. M. Buckley and J. McDougall and D. J. Wraith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.1916},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages

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