scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1150110

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Authors Shiguo Yang

Publication date 9 November 1998

zbMATH Keywords

metric addition simplex spherical space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Metric geometry (51F99) Inequalities and extremum problems in real or complex geometry (51M16) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

Review text

\textit{R. Alexander} introduced in 1975 the concept of metric addition in Euclidean space \(E^n\) [see Lect. Notes Math. 490, 57-65 (1975l; Zbl 0314.52004)]. In a series of papers [see, e.g., J. Chengdu Univ. Sci. Technol. 1981, No. 4, 63-70 (1981; Zbl 0483.51009); Kexue Tongbao, Foreign. Lang. Ed. 27, 699-703 (1982; Zbl 0506.52005); Chin. Ann. Math., Ser. A 8, 242-253 (1987; Zbl 0628.52010)], \textit{L. Yang} together with \textit{J. Zhang} contributed to this theory. In the present paper the first author extends the concept of metric addition to \(n\)-dimensional spherical spaces \(X\) of constant curvature \(K > 0\) and proves two inequalities. Let \(S\), \(S'\) be two non-degenerate \(n\)-dimensional simplices in \(X\) and denote by \(\rho_{ij}\) (by \(\rho'_{ij}\)) the distances of any pair of vertices of \(S\) (of \(S'\)). Set \(\rho_{ij}:= {1\over \sqrt K}\arccos({1\over 2}(\cos\sqrt K \rho_{ij} + \cos \sqrt K \rho'_{ij}))\). By \textit{L. M. Blumenthal} [`Theory and applications of distance geometry'. 2nd ed., Bronx, New York: Chelsea Publishing Company. XI, 347 p. (1970; Zbl 0208.24801)], there exists an \(n\)-simplex \(S\) whose pair of vertices have distance \(\rho_{ij}\). The simplex \(S\) is called the \textit{sum} of \(S\) and \(S'\). Let \(r\), \(r'\), and \(r\) be the circumradii and let \(h\), \(h'\), and \(h\) be corresponding altitudes of \(S\), \(S'\), and \(S\). The author proves the following inequalities: \[ \cos^2 \sqrt K r \geq {1\over 2}(\cos^2\sqrt K r + \cos^2\sqrt K r'),\tag{1} \] \[ \sin^2 \sqrt K h \geq {1\over 2}(\sin^2\sqrt K h + \sin^2\sqrt K h')\tag{2.} \]

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