The chordal Lipschitz constant conjecture for Möbius transformations

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Let Bn\mathbb{B}^n be the unit ball, let R‾n\overline{\mathbb{R}}^n be the one-point compactification of Rn\mathbb{R}^n, and let qq denote the chordal metric. For a∈Bna\in\mathbb{B}^n, let TaT_a be the Möbius transformation considered in the paper. Chordal Lipschitz constant conjecture. The Lipschitz constant of TaT_a in the chordal metric is

Lip⁡(Ta∣R‾n)≡sup⁡{q(Ta(x),Ta(y))q(x,y) : x,y∈R‾n}=1+∣a∣1−∣a∣.\operatorname{Lip}(T_a|\overline{\mathbb{R}}^n)\equiv \sup\left\{\frac{q(T_a(x),T_a(y))}{q(x,y)}\,:\,x,y\in\overline{\mathbb{R}}^n\right\}=\frac{1+|a|}{1-|a|}.

The claim concerns the distortion of the hyperbolic isometry TaT_a when measured with the chordal metric rather than the hyperbolic metric. The source presents it as suggested by computer tests, and no resolution is supplied there.

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Oona Rainio and Matti Vuorinen, “Lipschitz constants and quadruple symmetrization by Möbius transformations”, arXiv:2308.10688 (2024).

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