Expand-contract plasticity on the real line

The study deals with plastic and non-plastic sub-spaces A of the real-line ℝ with the usual Euclidean metric d. It investigates non-expansive bijections, proves properties of such maps, and demonstrates their relevance by hands of examples. Finally, it is shown that the plasticity property of a sub-...

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Main Authors: Dirk Langemann, Olesia Zavarzina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2024.1387012/full
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Summary:The study deals with plastic and non-plastic sub-spaces A of the real-line ℝ with the usual Euclidean metric d. It investigates non-expansive bijections, proves properties of such maps, and demonstrates their relevance by hands of examples. Finally, it is shown that the plasticity property of a sub-space A contains at least two complementary questions, a purely geometric and a topological one. Both contribute essential aspects to the plasticity property and get more critical in higher dimensions and more abstract metric spaces.
ISSN:2297-4687