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Metric foundations of geometry. I
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  • © Copyright 1944 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 55 (1944), 465-492
  • MSC: Primary 48.0X
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1944-0010393-5
  • MathSciNet review: 0010393