The conjectured exact value of the Möbius triangular-ratio Lipschitz constant

For a(0,1)a\in (0,1), let C(a)C(a) be the class of all Möbius transformations h:BnBnh:\mathbb{B}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{B}^n satisfying h(0)=a|h(0)|=a, and define

L(a)=sup{sBn(h(x),h(y))sBn(x,y):x,yBn, xy, hC(a)}.L(a)=\sup\left\{\frac{s_{\mathbb{B}^n}(h(x),h(y))}{s_{\mathbb{B}^n}(x,y)}:x,y\in\mathbb{B}^n,\ x\neq y,\ h\in C(a)\right\}.

The conjectured value of L(a)L(a). For n=2n=2, numerical experiments suggest that

L(a)=1+a.L(a)=1+a.

The preceding theorem proves the lower bound L(a)1+aL(a)\geq 1+a in dimension two, so the conjecture concerns the matching upper bound and would determine the optimal constant in the corresponding triangular-ratio metric estimate for conformal self-maps of the disk.

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Jiaolong Chen, Parisa Hariri, Riku Klén and Matti Vuorinen, “Lipschitz conditions, triangular ratio metric, and quasiconformal maps”, arXiv:1403.6582 (2015).

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