EXTENDING PARTIAL ISOMETRIES
Lawomir Solecki
Abstract
Lawomir Solecki
Abstract
We show that a finite metric space A admits an extension to a finite metric space B so that each partial isometry of A extends to an isometry of B. We also prove a more precise result on extending a single partial isometry of a finite metric space. Both these results have consequences for the structure of the isometry groups of the rational Urysohn metric space and the Urysohn metric space.
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We show that a finite metric space A admits an extension to a finite metric space B so that each partial isometry of A extends to an isometry of B. We also prove a more precise result on extending a single partial isometry of a finite metric space. Both these results have consequences for the structure of the isometry groups of the rational Urysohn metric space and the Urysohn metric space.
Key concepts: Isometry (Riemannian geometry), Mathematics, Isometry group, Metric space, Injective metric space, Metric (unit), Convex metric space, Intrinsic metric