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Isometries of Relative Metrics

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In this paper we consider isometries of relative metrics. We characterize isometries of the j D metric and of Seittenranta’s metric, as well as of their generalizations. We also derive some inequalities and results on the geodesics of these metrics.

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Correspondence to Peter Hästö.

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PH was supported by the Research Council of Norway, Project 160192/V30; HL was supported in part by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

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Hästö, P., Ibragimov, Z. & Lindén, H. Isometries of Relative Metrics. Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 6, 15–28 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03321114

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