Curvatures of spheres in Hilbert geometry (Q418431)

Let \(\mathcal{U}\) be a bounded open convex domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) with the Euclidian norm \(\|.\|\) and let \(\partial\mathcal{U}\) be a \(C^3\) hypersurface with positive normal curvatures. For \(x\in \mathcal{U}\) and a tangent vector \(y\in T_x\mathcal{U}=\mathbb{R}^n\), let \(x_-\) and \(x_+\) be the intersection points of the rays \(x+\mathbb{R}_-y\) and \(x + \mathbb{R}_+y\) with the absolute \(\partial\mathcal{U}\). The Hilbert metric \(F\) is defined by \(2F(x,y) = \|y\|(\|x-x_+\|^{-1} +\|\|x-x_-\|^{-1})\). This is a Finsler metric of constant negative flag curvature \(-1\). In Finsler geometry there exist at least three notions of curvature for a curve: normal curvature \(k_n\) of a hypersurface taken for \(n=2\), the Finsler curvature and the Rund curvature. The authors prove the following two theorems. Theorem 1.1. The normal curvature, the Rund curvature, and the Finsler curvature of the circles centered at the same point in the \(2\)-dimensional Hilbert geometry tend to \(1\) as their radii tend to infinity, uniformly at the point of the circle. Theorem 1.2. The normal curvatures of the hyperspheres centered at the same point tend to \(1\) as their radii tend to infinity, uniformly at the point of the hyperspheres and in the tangent vector at this point of the hypersphere.