The metric conjecture for the function wBnw_{\mathbb{B}^n}

Let Bn\mathbb{B}^n be the unit ball in Rn\mathbb{R}^n. For x,yBn{0}x,y\in\mathbb{B}^n\setminus\{0\}, define x~=x(2x)/x\widetilde{x}=x(2-|x|)/|x| and y~=y(2y)/y\widetilde{y}=y(2-|y|)/|y|, and set

wBn(x,y)=xymin{xy~,yx~}.w_{\mathbb{B}^n}(x,y)=\frac{|x-y|}{\min\{|x-\widetilde{y}|,|y-\widetilde{x}|\}}.

Also define wBn(x,0)=x/(2x)w_{\mathbb{B}^n}(x,0)=|x|/(2-|x|). The metric conjecture for the function wBnw_{\mathbb{B}^n}. The function wBnw_{\mathbb{B}^n} is a metric on the unit ball. Numerical tests suggest that the triangle inequality holds, whereas the preceding results establish only that this function is a quasi-metric; whether it is a metric remains open.

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

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