Topics on Analysis in Metric Spaces (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198529385)

This book presents the main mathematical prerequisites for analysis in metric spaces. It covers abstract measure theory, Hausdorff measures, Lipschitz functions, covering theorums, lower semicontinuity of the one-dimensional Hausdorff measure, Sobolev spaces of maps between metric spaces, and Gromov-Hausdorff theory, all developed ina general metric setting. The existence of geodesics (and more generally of minimal Steiner connections) is discussed on general metric spaces and as an application of the Gromov-Hausdorff theory, even in some cases when the ambient space is not locally compact. A brief and very general description of the theory of integration with respect to non-decreasing set functions is presented following the Di Giorgi method of using the 'cavalieri' formula as the definition of the integral. Based on lecture notes from Scuola Normale, this book presents the main mathematical prerequisites for analysis in metric spaces. Supplemented with exercises of varying difficulty it is ideal for a graduate-level short course for applied mathematicians and engineers.

Author: Luigi Ambrosio, Paolo Tilli
ISBN-10: 0198529384
ISBN-13: 9780198529385
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/26/2004
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.52w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2004 pg. 43