A theorem of Hrushovski-Solecki-Vershik applied to uniform and coarse embeddings of the Urysohn metric space

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 155, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1561-1575

  Pestov, Vladimir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse embedding; Group of isometries; Hrushovski Solecki Vershik theorem; Uniform convexity; Uniform embedding; Urysohn metric space

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849122777     PISSN: 01668641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.topol.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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