Total angle around a point in Minkowski plane (Q1039860)

A new angular measure for cones in any \(d\)-dimensional Minkowski space \(M^d\) was introduced recently in [\textit{B. V. Dekster}, J. Geom. 80, No.~1--2, 31--47 (2004; Zbl 1068.51001)]. The present paper deals with the case \(d=2\). The angular measure is additive, invariant under invertible linear transformations, and has a clear interpretation as an ``amount of rotation'' from one direction to another one. The author considers the total angle \(\tau \) around a point which depends on the unit ball. It is known that \(4.443 \approx \sqrt{2}\pi \leq \tau \leq 8\), see \textit{J. M. Ling} [J. Geom. 85, No.~1--2, 72--76 (2006; Zbl 1110.52006)] for the upper bound. The upper bound for \(\tau\) to be \(2\pi\) is also conjecture. The author improves the upper bound obtained by Ling and shows that \(4.985 \approx 4 \sqrt{2}\, \ln\,\tan \frac{3\pi}{8} \leq \tau \leq 8\, \ln\,\tan \frac{3\pi}{8}\, \approx 7.051\).