Convex Surfaces

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"Convex Surfaces" is a foundational mathematical monograph by Herbert Busemann that systematically develops the theory and geometry of convex surfaces.

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Convex Surfaces canonical 1
Intrinsic Geometry of Convex Surfaces 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
mathematical monograph ⓘ
author Herbert Busemann ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States ⓘ
describedAs foundational work on the theory of convex surfaces ⓘ
systematic development of the geometry of convex surfaces ⓘ
field convex geometry ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
hasFormat hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
hasKeyConcept comparison theorems for convex surfaces ⓘ
extremal points and lines on convex surfaces ⓘ
geodesic triangles on convex surfaces ⓘ
intrinsic metric on convex surfaces ⓘ
local and global properties of convex surfaces ⓘ
metric characterization of convexity ⓘ
supporting planes and support functions ⓘ
uniqueness and rigidity of convex surfaces ⓘ
hasMathematicsSubjectClassification 52A15 ⓘ
53C45 ⓘ
hasReview Mathematical Reviews MR0106484 ⓘ
Zentralblatt MATH review ⓘ
linked to: Zentralblatt MATH
hasSubject Alexandrov geometry ⓘ
Hilbert geometry ⓘ
linked to: Busemann space

convex bodies ⓘ
curvature of convex surfaces ⓘ
extreme points ⓘ
geodesics on convex surfaces ⓘ
intrinsic geometry ⓘ
metric geometry of convex surfaces ⓘ
support functions ⓘ
influenced global differential geometry ⓘ
metric geometry ⓘ
research in convex geometry ⓘ
isUsedAs graduate-level reference ⓘ
research monograph in geometry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
pages xii+256 ⓘ
publicationYear 1958 ⓘ
publisher Interscience Publishers ⓘ
John Wiley & Sons ⓘ
reprintedAs Dover reprint ⓘ
series Interscience Tracts in Pure and Applied Mathematics ⓘ
topic convex surfaces ⓘ
volumeInSeries 6 ⓘ

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Herbert Busemann → notableWork → Convex Surfaces ⓘ
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov → notableWork → Intrinsic Geometry of Convex Surfaces ⓘ
linked to: Convex Surfaces