CAT(0)/negative curvature inequality on a metric space $M$: for every pair $x, y \in M$ there exists a midpoint $m$ such that for all $z$, $d(z, m)^2 \leq \tfrac{1}{2} d(z, x)^2 + \tfrac{1}{2} d(z, y)^2 - \tfrac{1}{4} d(x, y)^2$.
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Radius of the set $Y$ as seen from the point $x$: $\sup_{y \in Y} d(x, y)$.
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Circumradius of $Y$: $\inf_{x \in M} \sup_{y \in Y} d(x, y)$.
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$x$ is a circumcenter of $Y$ iff its enclosing radius equals the circumradius of $Y$.
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An isometric action of a group $G$ on a metric space $M$: a scalar multiplication respecting the group identity, composition, and acting by isometries on $M$.
- smul : G → M → M
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A subset $Y \subseteq M$ is stable under the isometric action iff $g \cdot Y \subseteq Y$ for every $g \in G$.
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$x$ is a fixed point of the isometric action iff $g \cdot x = x$ for all $g \in G$.
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The radius from a point is nonnegative.
For bounded $Y$, the set of distances from $x$ to elements of $Y$ is bounded above.
Any point of a bounded set $Y$ lies within radiusFrom x Y from $x$.
The circumradius is nonnegative.
The circumradius is a lower bound for radiusFrom x Y at every $x$.
Isometries preserve radiusFrom: if $\varphi$ is an isometry then
radiusFrom (φ x) (φ '' Y) = radiusFrom x Y.
Existence of circumcenters in CAT(0) spaces: in a complete metric space satisfying the negative curvature inequality, every nonempty bounded subset $Y$ has a circumcenter $c \in M$.
Uniqueness of circumcenters in CAT(0) spaces: any two circumcenters $c_1, c_2$ of a nonempty bounded set $Y$ in a CAT(0) metric space coincide.
If $Y$ is stable under the action then $g \cdot Y = Y$ as a set.
Bruhat–Tits fixed point theorem: a group $G$ acting isometrically on a complete CAT(0) metric space $M$ and stabilizing some nonempty bounded subset $Y$ admits a global fixed point $x \in M$. The fixed point is the (unique) circumcenter of $Y$.