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A Universal Separable Diversity

Authors :
Bryant David
Nies André
Tupper Paul
Source :
Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 138-151 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
De Gruyter, 2017.

Abstract

The Urysohn space is a separable complete metric space with two fundamental properties: (a) universality: every separable metric space can be isometrically embedded in it; (b) ultrahomogeneity: every finite isometry between two finite subspaces can be extended to an auto-isometry of the whole space. The Urysohn space is uniquely determined up to isometry within separable metric spaces by these two properties. We introduce an analogue of the Urysohn space for diversities, a recently developed variant of the concept of a metric space. In a diversity any finite set of points is assigned a non-negative value, extending the notion of a metric which only applies to unordered pairs of points.We construct the unique separable complete diversity that it is ultrahomogeneous and universal with respect to separable diversities.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22993274
Volume :
5
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f8be5f5af176464ebff761d35c410a9d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1515/agms-2017-0008