Another introduction to the geometry of metric spaces

Here Lipschitz conditions are used as a primary tool, for studying curves in metric spaces in particular.

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The paper “Another introduction to the geometry of metric spaces” presents a systematic development of curve theory in arbitrary metric spaces, using Lipschitz conditions as the primary analytical tool. It begins by recalling the basic notions of metric spaces—distance, completeness, separability—and introduces Lipschitz maps (f:X\to Y) with the optimal Lipschitz constant (L). The authors emphasize that Lipschitz continuity guarantees uniform continuity and, in many contexts, a form of differentiability that can be exploited for geometric investigations.

A central concept introduced is the metric derivative of a curve (\gamma: