Abstract

If A and B are two bounded, closed, non-empty, and convex subsets of a normed space X, then the Hausdorff distance between A and B is the same as the Hausdorff distance between the boundary of A and the boundary of B.

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Michael D. Wills

Weber State University, Mathematics Department, 1702 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-1702, U.S.A.

mwills@weber.edu

Keywords

  • Hausdorff distance
  • convex sets

Mathematics Subject Classification

52A07

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Suggested citation

M. D. Wills. “Hausdorff Distance and Convex Sets.” Journal of Convex Analysis 14 (2007), No. 1, 109–117. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca14009

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