On the curvature of piecewise flat spaces

DOI10.1007/BF01210729zbMath0559.53028OpenAlexW2095487469WikidataQ126014057 ScholiaQ126014057MaRDI QIDQ2266237

Jeff Cheeger, Robert Schrader, Werner Müller

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01210729

zbMATH Keywords

piecewise linear approximation Lipschitz-Killing curvature polyhedral curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Approximations in PL-topology (57Q55)

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