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Author(s): Athanase Papadopoulos
Title: Metric spaces, convexity, and nonpositive curvature
Additional book information: European Math. Soc., Zürich, 2005, xii + 287, EUR 48.00, 3-03719-010-8


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Stephen Semmes
Affiliation: Rice University
Email: semmes@rice.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 435-438.

MSC (2000): Primary 51-02, 52-02, 53-02
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01103-7
PII: S 0273-0979(06)01103-7
Posted: April 19, 2006
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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