Definition:Euclidean Space/Real
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Definition
Let $\R^n$ be an $n$-dimensional real vector space.
Let the Euclidean metric $d$ be applied to $\R^n$.
Then $\struct {\R^n, d}$ is a Euclidean $n$-space.
Also see
- Results about Euclidean spaces can be found here.
Source of Name
This entry was named for Euclid.
Historical Note
Euclid himself did not in fact conceive of the Euclidean metric and its associated Euclidean space, Euclidean topology and Euclidean norm.
They bear that name because the geometric space which it gives rise to is Euclidean in the sense that it is consistent with Euclid's fifth postulate.
Sources
- 1975: W.A. Sutherland: Introduction to Metric and Topological Spaces ... (previous) ... (next): $2.2$: Examples: Example $2.2.1$
- 1999: Theodore W. Gamelin and Robert Everist Greene: Introduction to Topology (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): One: Metric Spaces: $1$: Open and Closed Sets: $(1.5)$
