A Generalization of the Circumcenter of a Set

Details A Generalization of the Circumcenter of a Set A Generalization of the Circumcenter of a Set

2008-11-07

arxiv.org/abs/0811.1227v1

Mathematics

Metric Geometry

22 pages, 2 figures

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Let (X, d) be a Cat(k) space and P a bounded subset of X . If k > 0 then it is required that the diameter of P be less than Pi/(4 sqrt(k)) . Let u: P to R be a bounded non-negative function from P to R. The existence of a unique point in X called the barycenter of P relative to u is established. When u=1, the barycenter is simply the circumcenter of P. The barycenter has a number of properties including a scaling, continuity and limit property. Under suitable conditions, the barycenter is a fixed point of an isometry or group of isometries. Barycenters are used to show that a complete Cat(k) space X is an absolute retract if k is less than or equal to 0, and an absolute neighborhood retract if X is complete and of curvature less than or equal to k.

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