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We study the concept of cone metric space in the context of ordered vector spaces by setting up a general and natural framework for it.
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Çağlar, M., Ercan, Z. Order-unit-metric spaces. Positivity 18, 557–565 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11117-013-0261-5
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