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Covering radii and paving diameters are defined, and the borderline case when covk X = π/2, k = 1,…,n + 1 and pavk X = π/2, k = 1,…,n + 1 is studied (curv X ≥1, dim X = n).
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Shteingold, S. Covering radii and paving diameters of Alexandrov spaces. J Geom Anal 8, 613–627 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02921716
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