Convexity, complexity, and high dimensions

International Congress of Mathematicians, ICM 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1599-1621

  Szarek, Stanislaw J ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic geometric analysis; Complexity; Convex body; High dimension; Metric entropy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CONVEX BODY; GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH DIMENSIONS; METRIC ENTROPY;

ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; SET THEORY;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84878084558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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