The quasiconvexity of quasigeodesics in real normed vector spaces (Q977709)

Let \(E\) be a real normed space and \(D \subset E\), \(\partial D\neq \emptyset\). The quasihyperbolic length of a rectifiable arc \(\gamma\) in \(D\) is defined by \[ l_k(\gamma):=\int_\gamma \frac{|dz|}{\text{dist\,} (z,\partial D)}. \] Denote by \(k_D(z_1,z_2)\) the quasihyperbolic distance induced by \(l_k\) between the points \(z_1, z_2\in D\). An arc \(\gamma\) is called \(c\)-quasigeodesic if \(l_k\big(\gamma[z_1,z_2]\big)\leq c k_D(z_1,z_2)\) for every pair of points \(z_1\), \(z_2\) in \(\gamma\). (Here \(\gamma[z_1,z_2]\) is the subarc of \(\gamma\) with endpoints \(z_1\) and \(z_2\)). For \(c=1\) this means quasihyperbolic geodesic. An arc \(\gamma\) is called \(c\)-convex if \(l(\gamma[z_1,z_2])\leq c |z_1-z_2|\). \textit{J. Väisälä} [Result. Math. 48, No. 1--2, 184--195 (2005; Zbl 1093.30018)] proved that, for convex \(D\), any quasihyperbolic geodesic is \(c_0\)-quasiconvex with \(c_0<9500\), and he asked if a \(c\)-quasigeodesic arc in a convex domain \(D\) is \(c'\)-quasiconvex with \(c'\) depending only on \(c\)? The authors of the paper under review give a positive answer to this question (Theorem~1.2).