A.D. Alexandrov: Selected Works
Subtitle: Intrinsic Geometry of Convex Surfaces - 2 Volume Set (Classics of Soviet Mathematics)
Contributors: S.S. Kutateladze (Editor); Yu. G. Reshetnyak (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 25, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780415298018
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.