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YCor
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Metric measure spaces: in what sense is analysis on these spaces "non-smooth"

I understand the basic definition of a metric measure space to be the following:

A metric measure space is a triple of a space $X$, metric $d$, and measure $m$: $(X,d,m)$ in the sense that the metric induces a topology and the measure is the borel measure arising from the sigma field induced by the metric.

I frequently hear/read that, that analysis on these spaces is, informally, analysis in spaces with no a priori smooth structure.

In what sense, formal or informal, is analysis on these spaces "non-smooth"? Does it have to do with the fact the measure isn't complete or something?

Also feel free to change the tags on this question, I'm not sure where it goes.

yoshi
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