Trees and ultrametric spaces: A categorical equivalence

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 148-191

  Hughes, Bruce ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantor tree; End space; Fibonacci tree; Isometry at infinity; Local isometry; Local similarity; Tree; Ultrametric

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844416877     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aim.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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