The horofunction boundary of the Hilbert geometry

DOI10.1515/ADVGEOM.2008.032zbMath1155.53335arXivmath/0611920MaRDI QIDQ3546152

Cormac Walsh

Publication date: 18 December 2008

Published in: advg (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611920

zbMATH Keywords

Busemann function; max-plus algebra; Hilbert geometry; horoball; Hilbert's projective metric; metric boundary

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C70: Direct methods ((G)-spaces of Busemann, etc.)

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