Abstract
A space is called a metric space if a prescription is given attributing a scalar distance to each pair of neighbouring points. We mention two familiar examples.
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Papapetrou, A. (1974). Riemannian Geometry. In: Lectures on General Relativity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2277-4_4
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