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On the Steiner Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

E. J. Cockayne
E. J. Cockayne*
Affiliation:
University of Victoria
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Let M be a metric space with metric ρ which has the following properties.

1. M is finitely compact.

2. There exists a geodesic in M joining each two points of M.

3. For all a, b∈M, ρ(a, b) is equal to the length of a geodesic joining a and b.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , August 1967 , pp. 431 - 450
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1967

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