No label defined (Q4938293)

For a suitable (``\(i\)-derivable'') closed curve \(K\), a Barbilian distance \(d(A,B)\) between two inner points \(A\) and \(B\) may be defined by \(d(A,B): =\ln{M_{AB} \over m_{AB}}\) where \(M_{AB}\) respectively \(m_{A B}\) equals \(\max_{P\in K}{|PA|\over|PB|}\) resp. \(\min_{P \in K}{|PA|\over|PB|}\) [\textit{D. Barbilian}, Acad. Republ. Popul. Roumine, Studii Cerc. Mat. 10, 69-116 (1959; Zbl 0089.18205)]. It is shown that the (Lagrangian) arclength of a curve in the interior of \(K\), induced by this distance, may be described in a pure geometrical way involving \(K\). Furthermore, the particular case of a circle \(K\) is analyzed because then the Barbilian distance is a modification of the Cayley distance in Poincaré's model of the hyperbolic plane. Here, the Barbilian distance leads to a generalized Lagrange metric which is not reductible to a Lagrange or Finsler metric. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0919.00058].