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In order to examine the local geometry of a figure, we will need to focus attention on the collection of points that lie close to any given point. We will dissect the figure mentally, as it were. To be clear about what this means, it is best to employ some concepts from set theory.
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© 1996 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden
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Casey, J. (1996). Intersecting with a Closed Ball. In: Exploring Curvature. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80274-3_3
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