The point pair function quasi-metric constant conjecture

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Let Ge⟧RnG e\rrbracket\mathbb{R}^n be a domain, and let pGp_G denote the point pair function. A function dd is a quasi-metric if there is a constant c≥1c\geq 1 such that d(x,y)≤c(d(x,z)+d(z,y))d(x,y)\leq c(d(x,z)+d(z,y)) for all points in its domain. The point pair function quasi-metric constant conjecture. For all domains G⊊RnG\subsetneq\mathbb{R}^n, the point pair function pGp_G is a quasi-metric with a constant less than or equal to 5/2\sqrt{5}/2. The preceding result gives the general bound 2\sqrt{2}, while numerical tests suggest that the sharper universal constant 5/2\sqrt{5}/2 is valid; the exact optimal constant remains open.

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Oona Rainio, “Intrinsic quasi-metrics”, arXiv:2011.02153 (2021).

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