mathematical theory of metric spaces, a metric map is a function between metric spaces that does not increase any distance. These maps are the morphisms in...

In mathematics, a metric space is a set together with a notion of distance between its elements, usually called points. The distance is measured by a function...

Riemannian metric determines a canonical affine connection, and the exponential map of the (pseudo) Riemannian manifold is given by the exponential map of this...

theory, Met is a category that has metric spaces as its objects and metric maps (continuous functions between metric spaces that do not increase any pairwise...

metric system METRIC, a model that uses Landsat satellite data to compute and map evapotranspiration (ET) in climatology/meteorology The word metric is...

user. The following representations of metric maps are implemented: Occupancy grid maps Point maps Landmark maps: discrete elements are 3D points sensed...

precisely, a metric tensor at a point p of M is a bilinear form defined on the tangent space at p (that is, a bilinear function that maps pairs of tangent...

transformation which maps elements to the same or another metric space such that the distance between the image elements in the new metric space is equal to...

refinement. Metric See Metric space. Metric invariant A metric invariant is a property which is preserved under isometric isomorphism. Metric map If X and...

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Euclidean geometry Exponential map Exponential map (Lie theory), Exponential map (Riemannian geometry) Finsler metric A generalization of Riemannian manifolds...

In mathematics, a metric projection is a function that maps each element of a metric space to the set of points nearest to that element in some fixed sub-space...

1.4.1  of f. If K = 1 the function is called a short map, and if 0 ≤ K < 1 and f maps a metric space to itself, the function is called a contraction...

units or the metric system, to replace a jurisdiction's traditional measuring units. U.S. customary units have been defined in terms of metric units since...

the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to the metric system...

this map needs modification (Lee deals with Riemannian metrics.). Where Lee refers to positive definiteness to show the injectivity of the map, one needs...

within the same frame of reference or coordinates. Map building can be in the shape of a metric map or any notation describing locations in the robot frame...

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multiplication map G → G sending a point y to xy. Riemannian metrics constructed this way are left-invariant; right-invariant Riemannian metrics could be constructed...

called a semi-Riemannian manifold, is a differentiable manifold with a metric tensor that is everywhere nondegenerate. This is a generalization of a Riemannian...

In the mathematical study of metric spaces, one can consider the arclength of paths in the space. If two points are at a given distance from each other...

In metric geometry, an injective metric space, or equivalently a hyperconvex metric space, is a metric space with certain properties generalizing those...

tool in the theory of metric spaces; it guarantees the existence and uniqueness of fixed points of certain self-maps of metric spaces and provides a constructive...

group homomorphisms Category of metric spaces – Category whose objects are metric spaces and whose morphisms are metric maps Category of sets – Category whose...

discrete metric space is free in the category of bounded metric spaces and Lipschitz continuous maps, and it is free in the category of metric spaces bounded...

relativity, the metric tensor (in this context often abbreviated to simply the metric) is the fundamental object of study. The metric captures all the...

the transform/map is qualified with the chosen metric. For example, one may speak of Manhattan distance transform, if the underlying metric is Manhattan...

places of the map. Each projection preserves, compromises, or approximates basic metric properties in different ways. The purpose of the map determines which...

non-expansive map. More generally, the idea of a contractive mapping can be defined for maps between metric spaces. Thus, if (M, d) and (N, d') are two metric spaces...

that diffeomorphic metric maps satisfy the property that the length associated to their flow away from the identity induces a metric on the group of diffeomorphisms...