This preprint was accepted September, 2000
Contact:
S.V.Buyalo
ABSTRACT: A short survey on Curvature Bounded Above (CBA) spaces. Local properties, constructions and results are discussed. Contents 1. Motivation 2. Defining CBA 3. Propagation from local to global 4. Recognizing CBA-spaces 5. Different types of convergence 6. Infinitesimal properties of CBA-spaces 7. Gluing CBA-spaces 8. 2-dimensional polyhedra[ Full text: (.ps.gz)]