The Klein, Hilbert and Poincaré metrics of a domain

DOI10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00012-6MaRDI QIDQ1301952zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alan F. Beardon

Publication date 3 January 2001

Published in Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00012-6

zbMATH Keywords

convex domainHilbert metricKlein metricPoincaré metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conformal metrics (hyperbolic, Poincaré, distance functions) (30F45) Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (general) and generalizations (51M10)

Review text

Let \(D\) be a bounded strictly convex domain in the Euclidean \(n\)-space equipped with its Hilbert metric \(h(x,y)\). \textit{D. Hilbert} [Math. Ann. 46, 91-96 (1895; JFM 26.0540.02)] had noticed that the definition of Klein metric in terms of a cross-ratio produces a metric on any bounded convex domain \(\mathbb{R}^n\), and as there is no hyperbolic metric for a general domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) it is natural to ask wether the Hilbert metric might provide a suitable alternative to hyperbolic metric. In this paper, the author deals with one aspect of this issue; specifically, the author determines to what extent a certain kind of a double equality is, or is not, true for a bounded convex domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). In particular, it is shown that as the points \(x\) and \(y\) of \(D\) approach distinct points on the boundary of \(D\), for any \(a\) in \(D\) the sum \(h(x,a)+ h(a,x)\) is asymptotic to \(h(x,y)\).

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