The magnitude of metric spaces

zbMATH Open1284.51011arXiv1012.5857MaRDI QIDQ374018FDOQ374018

Authors: Tom Leinster 

Publication date: 25 October 2013

Published in: Documenta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Magnitude is a real-valued invariant of metric spaces, analogous to the Euler characteristic of topological spaces and the cardinality of sets. The definition of magnitude is a special case of a general categorical definition that clarifies the analogies between various cardinality-like invariants in mathematics. Although this motivation is a world away from geometric measure, magnitude, when applied to subsets of R^n, turns out to be intimately related to invariants such as volume, surface area, perimeter and dimension. We describe several aspects of this relationship, providing evidence for a conjecture (first stated in arXiv:0908.1582) that magnitude subsumes all the most important invariants of classical integral geometry.

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zbMATH Keywords

fractal dimensionmetric spaceconvex setintegral geometryintrinsic volumeenriched categoryvaluationfinite metric spacemagnitudeEuler characteristic of a categorypositive definite spacespace of negative typeMöbius inversion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Length, area, volume, other geometric measure theory (28A75) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Integral geometry (53C65) Enriched categories (over closed or monoidal categories) (18D20) Categories in geometry and topology (18F99) Metric geometry (51F99)

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