2020/96/1-2 (5)
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DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2020.8515
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pp. 63-76
Sincov's inequalities on topological spaces
Abstract:
Assume that $X$ is a non-empty set, and $T$ and $S$ are real or complex mappings defined on the product $X\times X$.
Additive and multiplicative Sincov's equations are:
$$
T(x,z)=T(x,y)+T(y,z),\qquad x,y,z\in X
$$
and
$$
S(x,z)=S(x,y)\cdot S(y,z),\qquad x,y,z\in X,
$$
respectively. In the present paper, we study three related inequalities. We begin with functional inequality
$$
G(x,z)\leq G(x,y)\cdot G(y,z),\qquad x,y,z\in X,
$$
and assume that $X$ is a topological space and $G\colon X\times X\to\mathbb{R}$ is a continuous mapping. In some our statements a considerably weaker regularity than continuity of $G$ is needed. Next, we study the reverse inequality:
$$
F(x,z)\geq F(x,y)\cdot F(y,z),\qquad x,y,z\in X,
$$
as well as the additive inequality:
$$
H(x,z)\leq H(x,y)+H(y,z),\qquad x,y,z \in X.
$$
A corollary for generalized metric is derived.
Keywords: multiplicative Sincov's equation, Sincov's inequality, triangle inequality, generalized metric, quasi-metric, hemi-metric, Lawvere space
Mathematics Subject Classification: 39B62, 39B82, 46A22, 54E99
