On the distribution of distances in homogeneous compact metric spaces

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2015.06.011zbMATH Open1328.51003arXiv1407.5607OpenAlexW2963459840MaRDI QIDQ492237FDOQ492237

Authors: Jonathan Pakianathan, Mark S. Herman 

Publication date: 20 August 2015

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We provide a simple proof that in any homogeneous, compact metric space of diameter $D$, if one finds the average distance $A$ achieved in $X$ with respect to some isometry invariant Borel probability measure, then ${\displaystyle }$frac{D}{2} leq A leq D.${\displaystyle }$ This result applies equally to vertex-transitive graphs and to compact, connected, homogeneous Riemannian manifolds. We then classify the cases where one of the extremes occurs. In particular any homogeneous compact metric space where $A=fracD2$ possesses a strict antipodal property which implies in particular that the distribution of distances in $X$ is symmetric about $fracD2$ which is hence both mean and median of the distribution. In particular, we show that the only closed, connected, positive-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with this strict antipodal property are spheres.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5607

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zbMATH Keywords

diametermetric spaceRiemannian manifoldhomogeneous space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distance in graphs (05C12) Compact (locally compact) metric spaces (54E45) Probabilistic metric spaces (54E70) Metric geometry (51F99)

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