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hyperconvex

hyperconvex adjective: of a metric space: injective.

Adjective

hyperconvex (not comparable)

  1. Of a metric space: injective.
    • Furthermore, we deduce a local to global theorem for injective (or hyperconvex) metric spaces, saying that under certain conditions a complete, simply-connected, locally injective metric space is injective.2015, Benjamin Miesch, “The Cartan-Hadamard Theorem for Metric Spaces with Local Bicombings”, in arXiv

Origin of hyperconvex

From hyper- + convex.

Questions about hyperconvex

What does hyperconvex mean?
Hyperconvex means of a metric space: injective.
What part of speech is hyperconvex?
Hyperconvex is an adjective.

Words near hyperconvex in the dictionary

  1. hypercontracture
  2. hypercontractures
  3. hypercontrolled
  4. hypercontrolling
  5. hyperconverged
  6. hyperconvex
  7. hyperconvexity
  8. hypercool
  9. hypercoordination
  10. hypercoracoid
  11. hypercoracoids

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