hyperconvex

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ convex

Adjective

hyperconvex (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Of a metric space: injective.
    • 2015, Benjamin Miesch, “The Cartan-Hadamard Theorem for Metric Spaces with Local Bicombings”, in arXiv‎:
      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.
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