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The horofunction boundary of finite-dimensional normed spaces

Geometric Topology 2009-04-23 v3 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We determine the set of Busemann points of an arbitrary finite-dimensional normed space. These are the points of the horofunction boundary that are the limits of "almost-geodesics". We prove that all points in the horofunction boundary are Busemann points if and only if the set of extreme sets of the dual unit ball is closed in the Painleve-Kuratowski topology.

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@article{arxiv.math/0510105,
  title  = {The horofunction boundary of finite-dimensional normed spaces},
  author = {Cormac Walsh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0510105},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

11 pages v2. Some proofs streamlined and another example added