A.D. Alexandrov
Subtitle: Selected Works (Classics of Soviet Mathematics)
Contributors: Yu. G. Reshetnyak (Editor); S.S. Kutateladze (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: February 21, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9782881249846
Subjects: Geometry; Topology; Mathematicians And Their Works; Science/Mathematics; History & Philosophy; Mathematics / General; General; Geometry - General; Mathematics
First sentence: Study of continuous length-preserving deformations of a surface is sensible not only for regular surfaces: it suffices that on a surface there be enough curves for which the concept of length is meaningful.