Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 0 The algebraic properties of linear spaces and convex sets
- 1 Norms and norm topologies
- 2 Convex bodies
- 3 Comparisons and contrasts with Euclidean space
- 4 Two-dimensional Minkowski spaces
- 5 The concept of area and content
- 6 Special properties of the Holmes–Thompson definition
- 7 Special properties of the Busemann definition
- 8 Trigonometry
- 9 Various numerical parameters
- 10 Fifty problems
- References
- Notation index
- Author index
- Subject index
5 - The concept of area and content
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 0 The algebraic properties of linear spaces and convex sets
- 1 Norms and norm topologies
- 2 Convex bodies
- 3 Comparisons and contrasts with Euclidean space
- 4 Two-dimensional Minkowski spaces
- 5 The concept of area and content
- 6 Special properties of the Holmes–Thompson definition
- 7 Special properties of the Busemann definition
- 8 Trigonometry
- 9 Various numerical parameters
- 10 Fifty problems
- References
- Notation index
- Author index
- Subject index
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- Minkowski Geometry , pp. 135 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996