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Convexity of asymptotic geodesics in Hilbert Geometry

Metric Geometry 2020-03-24 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

If Ω\Omega is the interior of a convex polygon in R2\mathbb{R}^{2} and f,gf,g two asymptotic geodesics, we show that the distance function d(f(t),g(t))d\left(f\left(t\right),g\left(t\right)\right) is convex for tt sufficiently large. The same result is obtained in the case Ω\partial \Omega is of class C2C^{2} and the curvature of Ω\partial \Omega at the point f()=g()f\left(\infty\right)=g\left(\infty\right) does not vanish. An example is provided for the necessity of the curvature assumption.

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@article{arxiv.2003.09742,
  title  = {Convexity of asymptotic geodesics in Hilbert Geometry},
  author = {Charalampos Charitos and Ioannis Papadoperakis and Georgios Tsapogas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.09742},
  year   = {2020}
}

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25 pages, 7 figures