Axioms for an n-metric Structure

Abstract

From Euclid to Hilbert, and beyond, the primitive terms of geometry have been taken as “point,” “line,” etc., while “distance” plays a secondary role. The reversal of this situation is a modern development. Frechet [4], in 1906 first considered the properties of distance which should be formalized. The most significant contributions to the geometric properties of metric spaces have been by Menger [10] and Blumenthal [2; 3].