A new weighted metric: the relative metric. II (Q705261)

This is a continuation of the author's previous paper [ibid. 274, 38--58 (2002; Zbl 1019.54011)], in which he generalized a weighted distance function of R.-C.~Li and found necessary and sufficient conditions for it being a metric. In this paper, he establishes some properties of relative metrics as follows. Theorem 1.2. Let \(\rho_{p,q}\) denote the \((p,q)\)-relative metric and assume that \(n\geq2\). Then the \((p,q)\)-relative metric is quasiconvex in \({\mathbb R}^n\) if and only if \(q<1\), in which case it is \(c_{p,q}\)-quasiconvex, where \( \dfrac{2^{-q/p}}{1-q}\leq c_{p,q}\leq\dfrac{\max\{2^{q(1-1/p)},1\}}{1-q}. \) Theorem 1.3. Let \(M(x,y)=f(x)f(y)\) and assume that \(\rho_M\) is a metric in \({\mathbb R}^n\). If \(n\geq2\), \(\rho_M\) is \(c\)-quasiconvex for some \(c\leq\sqrt{\pi^2/4+4}\). Theorem 1.4. For \(n\geq2\) and \(0<\alpha<1\), we have \[ k_{\alpha}(x,y)=\dfrac{1}{\beta}\sqrt{| x| ^{2\beta}+| y| ^{2\beta} -2| x| ^{\beta}| y| ^{\beta}\cos\beta\theta}, \] where \(\alpha+\beta=1\) and \(\theta\) is the angle \(\widehat{x0y}\). In particular, as \(\alpha\to1\), \( k_{\alpha}(x,y)\to\sqrt{\theta^2+\log^2(| x| /| y| )}, \) the well-known expression for the quasihyperbolic metric in \({\mathbb R}^n\setminus\{0\}\).