Fundamentals of Theory of Continuous Gromov--Hausdorff distance

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author Bogaty, Semeon A.
Tuzhilin, Alexey A.
author_facet Bogaty, Semeon A.
Tuzhilin, Alexey A.
contents The Gromov--Hausdorff distance (hereinafter referred to as the GH-distance) is a measure of non-isometricity of metric spaces. In this paper, we study a modification of this distance that also takes topological differences into account. The resulting function of pairs of metric spaces is called the continuous GH-distance. We show that many basic properties of the classical GH-distance also hold in the continuous case. However, the continuous GH-distance, distinguishing between topologies, can differ significantly from the classical one. We will provide numerous examples of this distinction and demonstrate the role of topological dimension here. In particular, we will prove that the continuous GH-distance, like the classical one, is intrinsic, but, unlike the classical one, it is incomplete. Since we are dealing with all metric spaces, we will show, within the framework of the von Neumann-Bernays-Gödel set theory, how topological concepts can be transferred to proper classes.
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Bogaty, Semeon A.
Tuzhilin, Alexey A.
Metric Geometry
51F99
The Gromov--Hausdorff distance (hereinafter referred to as the GH-distance) is a measure of non-isometricity of metric spaces. In this paper, we study a modification of this distance that also takes topological differences into account. The resulting function of pairs of metric spaces is called the continuous GH-distance. We show that many basic properties of the classical GH-distance also hold in the continuous case. However, the continuous GH-distance, distinguishing between topologies, can differ significantly from the classical one. We will provide numerous examples of this distinction and demonstrate the role of topological dimension here. In particular, we will prove that the continuous GH-distance, like the classical one, is intrinsic, but, unlike the classical one, it is incomplete. Since we are dealing with all metric spaces, we will show, within the framework of the von Neumann-Bernays-Gödel set theory, how topological concepts can be transferred to proper classes.
title Fundamentals of Theory of Continuous Gromov--Hausdorff distance
topic Metric Geometry
51F99
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02611